All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-10-14 – Page 2

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    Security of job and home 'essential for mentally ill'

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Access to work that pays a living wage is essential for people with mental health problems , King's Fund community care director Janice Robinson told a conference attended by education and employment minister Margaret Hodge last week. 'What people with mental illnesses need most are the things that the majority ...

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    NHS emergency plans stand up to Paddington pressures

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Early verdicts on the Paddington rail crash, which killed up to 40 people and injured 150, are that NHS emergency plans stood up to the pressures of 'a classic major incident'.

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    Jowell urges early tackles for teen sex and drug problems

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Public health minister Tessa Jowell has called for football clubs to follow the example of Woverhampton Wanderers by targeting teenage sex and drug misuse.

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    Dobson says PFI sign-offs prove Labour is delivering

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The government has finally managed to get the first wave of major private finance initiative deals signed off. Outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson approved a £96m PFI deal for Swindon and Marlborough trust last week, bringing the number of PFI hospitals under construction to 15, with a total value of ...

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    GPs reluctant to deal with mental health

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    GPs are reluctant to meet a rising mental health workload that is taking up almost a third of their time, according to a national survey by mental health charity MACA.

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    Days like this

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Cook's warning. . . Conservative voters unhappy. . . Heckler interrupts Clarke. . . Pressure on doctors. . . Pharmacists snub offer. . .

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    To catch a thief

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The announcement that children and pensioners will be required to provide proof of their age to claim free prescriptions is only the latest stage in a growing war against fraud in the NHS. Seamus Ward reports

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    In Brief: fraudulent claims

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    New checks have been introduced for people claiming free prescriptions. From last week, people over 60, under 16 or under 18 and in full-time education could be asked to prove entitlement. The DoH estimates the NHS lost £27m through fraudulent claims from these groups last year.

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    In Brief: Dyfed Powys

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Dyfed Powys health authority has agreed to a Welsh Ambulance Services trust proposal to pilot five 24-hour stations in Powys. The plans follow concerns about the level of cover in rural areas. HA chair Margaret Price welcomed the proposals, which will be reviewed in six months' time.

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    In Brief: Merger

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Proposals to merge Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals trust with St Albans and Hemel Hempstead trust are going out to public consultation. The consultation document sets out two options for change - continued partnership between the two organisations or a merged trust. But Angela Killick, chair of Mount Vernon and ...

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    Cavity brawls

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    On the eve of a public poll over whether or not to treat Scottish water with fluoride, Barbara Millar revisits the debate over its safety

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    Interfering busy bodies

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    Management - how to do it By John and Shirley Payne Gower 231 pages £18.99

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    Huge rise in market share for 'big three' private operators

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    The 'big three' private hospital operators have seen a 'dramatic' leap in market share which has left them with 60 per cent of the market, according to industry analysts.

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    NHS beware Tory Foxtrot with a Trojan horse

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    It's hard to concentrate on, say, Tory conference health policy when there is so much distracting noise offstage. All last week in Blackpool we could hear Lady Thatcher, Ken Clarke and Co banging around on the conference fringe like ageing rock stars.

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    HR director promotes 'joint training' benefits

    1999-10-14T00:00:00Z

    NHS human resources director Hugh Taylor has publicly backed the idea that healthcare professionals could benefit from joint training.