All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-10-21 – Page 2
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Downgrading of public health post condemned as 'setback'
A downgrading of the public health minister post has been condemned as a 'severe setback'.
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Social climbers
How effective are links between primary care groups and social services? Bob Hudson and Helen Lewis report on a national survey
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Lancaster University chosen for 'supermanagers' programme
Lancaster University has been chosen to run a new development programme for senior chief executives as part of the NHS Executive's plan to create a cadre of supermanagers.
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Ex-finance chief ordered to pay up for 'vexation'
The former finance director of a Glasgow trust has been ordered to pay £500 expenses to the trust after an employment tribunal ruled that he had acted 'vexatiously or unreasonably' in his handling of the case.
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Region defends chief in helicopter delay row
The NHS Executive's North West regional office has vigorously defended an ambulance trust chief executive accused of delaying an emergency helicopter flight for a critically ill patient.
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Short cuts: Cash crisis looms for military hospital services
Military hospital services are facing a cash shortage against a 'background of current clinical manpower shortages and increasing operational demands', defence chiefs have warned. In its annual business plan, the Defence Secondary Care Agency admits it has overspent its £113m budget by £2.5m last year, while it is facing a ...
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Short cuts: Draft quality standards for carer support issued
The King's Fund is consulting on a draft set of quality standards for local carer support services, developed by a steering group to take forward one of the recommendations of the government's national strategy, Caring About Carers. The aim is to ensure a more consistent quality of services across the ...
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'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign
Chin wag: health minister John Denham (left) and Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine sit under posters showing weapons used in attacks on NHS staff, at the launch of the 'NHS zero tolerance zone' campaign, which aims to'underline that violence against staff working in the NHS is unacceptable'.
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DoH 'overlooked' Bristol witness call
The Department of Health has apologised for failing to provide legal support to a former NHS manager called to appear at the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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In Brief: Shake-up of the Liberal Democrats
A shake-up of the Liberal Democrats' frontbench team has seen Nick Harvey take over as health spokesperson, with support from Dr Peter Brand. Simon Hughes and Dr Evan Harris, who used to speak on health, have taken on the briefs for home affairs, and for higher education and women, respectively.
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In Brief: NHS Supplies
NHS Supplies says it exceeded the annual purchasing savings target set by the Department of Health last year. Its annual report says savings of £113m were made, taking the total saving since NHS Supplies was established in 1991 to £560.9m. It claims to 'influence around half ' of the £5bn ...
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In Brief: The King's Fund
The King's Fund has launched a project looking at approaches to public involvement taken by London's primary care groups, with the aim of helping them to develop more effective methods. Project manager Will Anderson said that 'the NHS has traditionally found it hard to involve the public' but PCGs would ...
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In Brief: Senior manager required
Northern Ireland's health and social services central services agency is looking for a senior manager to head its new central fraud investigation unit, which will provide a specialist investigation service for the four health and social services boards.
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In Brief: The Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation has produced a self-help manual on anxiety and depression, with exercises for dealing with low moods.
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In Brief: Unison makes legal history
Unison has claimed to have made legal history in winning a six-figure sum for a senior orthopaedic technician who became 40 per cent disabled through exposure to latex. An unnamed trust, which accepted liability for the technician's condition in June, offered the sum before a court was due to assess ...
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The bottom line
Should the UK undertake a national screening programme for colorectal cancer? A new study suggests that the benefits outweigh the risks. Adam Legge investigates
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