All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-06-01 – Page 3
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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