All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-04-20 – Page 2
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Days like this
'Keep internal market simple'. . .Quality of care warning. . .London surgery threat. . .HAs' huge budget cuts. . .Fears for community care. . .
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Experts query role of mental health 'czar'
The government has at last appointed a mental health 'czar' - six months after launching the national service framework.
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The directors' cut
The medical director wields great influence and is better paid than some chief executives. But reconciling the demands of management and medicine can be tricky. Barbara Millar reports
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Co-operation without politics
With less than a month before the London mayoral election, most voters are none the wiser about which candidate is most likely to work effectively in the interests of Londoners' health.
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PFI hospital project 'didn't consider public finance'
The Commons public accounts committee has said it is 'not convinced' that the use of public finance was seriously considered for the flagship private finance initiative hospital project at Dartford and Gravesham trust. In a report following a critical National Audit Office investigation, the committee says this may have 'influenced ...
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NICE orders review of four confidential inquiries
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has asked Sir John Grimley Evans, professor of geriatric medicine at Oxford University, to review the four confidential inquiries that now come under its umbrella. The review will look at the contribution made by the inquiries, whether they should continue to remain confidential, how ...
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Shared ownership of a common goal
Relationships in the NHS Bridging the gap By Geoff Meads and John Ashcroft Royal Society of Medicine 140 pages £17.50
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Nought for your comfort
Health service workers were told to blame managers, not ministers, for low pay - and the rest - at Unison's healthcare conference. Kaye McIntosh reports
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'Downgrade' plan trust chief quits
A trust chief executive at the centre of a controversial plan to downgrade Crawley Hospital is to leave her post.
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Fighting chance
Chief executives have found the transition from PCGs to PCTs involves balancing relationships with HAs, nurses and GPs, to name but a few. Ann Mahon and Debbie Garrod explain
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In brief: Gisela Stuart
Junior health minister Gisela Stuart has announced £2.4m for four on-line health records pilots in Cornwall, South Staffordshire, County Durham and Tees as the first step towards providing electronic patient records for everyone in the country.
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In brief: Yvette Cooper
Public health minister Yvette Cooper and 'heart czar'Dr Roger Boyle have launched a project to provide defibrillators for public sites at the Metro Centre in Gateshead. The government wants to place 700 defibrillators at stations, shopping centres and airports to cut deaths from cardiac arrest.
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In brief: Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry
The Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry has transferred some of its equipment to the Laming inquiry and the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital inquiry. Chair Professor Ian Kennedy said this was an effective use of public money and further transfers would be made.
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In brief: Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals trust
Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals trust has issued a people management standards document to staff so they can 'monitor the performance of trust management'. It includes commitments to provide safe staffing levels, and explains how staff should raise concerns.
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In brief: Hip replacements
One in seven consultants has no proper evidence for the effectiveness of hip replacements, according to a National Audit Office report. Of 3,400 hip replacements carried out in 1998-99,14 per cent were done by consultants who had no evidence of their effectiveness. The report also highlights 'significant variations in performance'. ...
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BMA launches review of funding
The British Medical Association is pushing ahead with its review of healthcare funding in the UK, announced in December as the winter crisis took hold.
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