All Health Service Journal articles in 1999-12-09 – Page 3
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Warming to hotspots: Barry Elliott
Incoming HFMA chair Barry Elliott is a man used to political hotspots. Since joining the NHS in 1983 - he spent his early career in local government - he has worked in a number of areas inextricably associated with newspaper headlines.
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PCGs get backing for drug sponsor deals
GPs and primary care groups have been 'surprised' by 'liberal' guidance on sponsorship deals with drug companies.
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Government hits back over north-south 'gap'
The government this week launched an offensive against claims that its social exclusion agenda has done little to tackle the root causes of poverty and a widening north-south divide.
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Scots opposition angered by payout
Scotland's opposition parties have been angered by a decision to pay a senior NHS manager compensation of more than £300,000 after she failed a competence test.
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PCGs urged to meet alternative medicine costs
Doctors have urged primary care groups to pay for alternative medicine such as acupuncture.
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Chief faces sexual harassment allegations
A trust chief executive has been accused of driving one of his managers out of her job after she rebuffed his sexual advances.
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Short Cuts: HA looks into financial mismanagement allegations
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly health authority has instigated an internal investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement made by its finance director, Roger Silvester. Mr Silvester was suspended in May following comments at a public board meeting at which he refused to accept the HA's plans for £4m cuts to ...
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Milburn orders inquiry into Alder Hey heart scandal
Health secretary Alan Milburn has launched an independent inquiry into organ removal at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
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Troubles ahead
Northern Ireland's new health minister will have to contend with stretched resources and rivals who are suspicious of her every move, writes Seamus Ward
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Government stalls on long term care again
The government's decision on who should fund long-term care has been put off until next summer - more than a year after a royal commission recommended that the state should foot the bill.
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Trusts set to merge after volatile spell
The management of two neighbouring community trusts is to merge after a turbulent spell in which both were temporarily without chief executives.
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In Brief: Advanced Clinical Information System
A new centre for clinical information at North Bristol trust was opened last week by chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson. The trust developed its Advanced Clinical Information System at Southmead Hospital in conjunction with technology partners Compaq and EDS.
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Short Cuts: £1m ads to ease pressure on emergency services
The NHS has launched its £1m nation-wide advertising campaign to help people 'consider the full range of healthcare options available to them' before calling an ambulance or heading for accident and emergency. The campaign features a medicine cabinet with the contents highlighting options, including looking after yourself and using local ...
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