All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-06-01 – Page 2
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The devil is in the detail
Workforce planning in the NHS has always lacked cohesion and been dominated by sectional interests. Now the government plans a complete overhaul, writes Jeremy Davies
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Dear Mel. . .
Our practice has gone completely paperless. When we tried to run our Grand National sweepstake using the computer, all the details got eaten by a virus. What should we do now?
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Days like this
Labour election pledges. . .Buy-out firm's new venture. . .Cervical screening crisis. . .Kitchens' rodent problem. . .PAC's financial warning
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Quick and easy but no cure-all
Clinical guidelines: from conception to use Edited by Martin Eccles and Jeremy Grimshaw Radcliffe Medical Press 120 pages £17.95
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Flu 'crisis' was media's winter wonderland
Last year's winter crisis was a media myth, according to a report from the NHS Executive.
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New inquiries to study contracts and public health
The Commons health select committee has announced two inquiries. The first is on consultants' contracts, focusing on 'the effectiveness of contracts in determining the amount of work conducted by consultants for the NHS and for the independent sector, and the impact this has on the NHS'. Submissions should reach the ...
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Finance chiefs are in the money
Finance directors are seeing their pay rise faster than human resources directors, according to figures from Pay and Workforce Research.
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Milburn cautious on inquiries into killings by the mentally ill
Health secretary Alan Milburn has indicated that the government may be reluctant to abandon automatic inquiries into killings by people with mental health problems.
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Cool response to MPs' calls on DSPD funding
The government has given a lukewarm response to MPs' calls for 'substantial initial funding' and more safeguards in its proposals for dealing with dangerous people with severe personality disorder (DSPDs).
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How to bring down waits
Staff at London's University Hospital Lewisham hospital have slashed the average wait for a dermatology appointment from 48 to 13 weeks. They compared the number of routine and urgent slots with numbers and types of referrals - and found there were too few routine appointments available.
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Constructing a bright future
Good estate management is a vital building block for modernising the NHS
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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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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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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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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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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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