All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-06-01
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Pace accelerates on surplus asset sell-off
The government has indicated that the programme to sell off surplus NHS assets could be accelerated following the publication of a report estimating £60m could be raised each year.
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Dispersed asylum seekers 'need improved health access'
Health authorities need to improve health assessments for asylum seekers and ensure they have access to primary care and mental health services, according to the Audit Commission.
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Drugs producer threatens to halt production after DoH price cap
The UK's biggest manufacturer of generic drugs has threatened to stop production in the wake of the government's move to cap prices.
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There is nothing like an aim
Heather Goil's early ambition was to work as a volunteer in a developing country. Nearing retirement, she set off for the Pacific for two years
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The state we're in - is all really as it seems?
Flu-fuelled winter 'crisis' was a figment of the media's imagination
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Nurses and professions allied to medicine
The focus of planning for all staff, including nurses and everyone from physiotherapists to laboratory staff and clinical psychologists, is at trust level. For nurses, 'bottom up' five-year workforce plans from trusts feed up to education consortia, which then aggregate plans from trusts and other employers, such as nursing homes ...
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Armchair theatre
The government's plan to get elderly people out of acute hospitals and into private care to free beds may leave older people fearing hospital admission as they once did the workhouse, argues Roger Bullock
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Time to stop horsing around
Much has been made of the rise of the 'bidding culture', where developments are allocated funding after competitive bids.Most comment has been negative: why should funds be apportioned on the basis of bidwriting skills? Where does the concept of need fit? Why introduce money this way when there is so ...
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What's in a letter: from category C to B?
Sir Richard Tilt's inquiry also called for £55m to be spent upgrading security facilities at the three special hospitals to prison category B standard, from category C. There have been seven escapes in the past decade and none since 1994.
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Hospital report set to back whistleblowers
An investigation into claims that staff were 'victimised' for raising concerns about a leading radiology unit is expected to be severely critical of senior managers.
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Getting back on its feet
Turning the NHS around has been likened to steering a supertanker: you can't just change things overnight, because the ship has a momentum all its own.
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Council ballot calls for top level resignations
A Conservative-controlled local council is calling on the chief executive and chair of Lincolnshire health authority to resign following a ballot over the closure of paediatric and maternity services at Grantham and District Hospital.
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Salary bands settle junior doctors' pay deal dispute
The long-running battle over junior doctors' pay has been settled. Just over 79 per cent of the 14,000 junior doctors who voted in a British Medical Association referendum backed a deal negotiated with the Department of Health. Most junior doctors receive 50 per cent of their normal hourly rate for ...
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Batting for a new century
Everyone in England is being asked for their views to help shape the 'national plan' for the NHS. Here, Sir Alan Langlands spells out why your input is vital - and how to go about it
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Two dozen of the best: the team
The 24-member performance team, chaired by public health minister Yvette Cooper, includes some real heavyweights, not least:
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Constructing a bright future
Good estate management is a vital building block for modernising the NHS