All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-06-29 – Page 2

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    Much work to be done on clinical governance

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    CHI sends first review teams

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The Commission for Health Improvement has sent its first review teams into two hospital trusts as part of its regular four-year programme to visit every trust in England and Wales.

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    Hard-bitten food option challenge

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Central Manchester Healthcare trust may face a legal challenge to its decision to outsource food production to the King's Mill Hospital, which was made during the closed part of a board meeting.

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    Something to celebrate

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Those receiving awards in the Queen's birthday honours included many working in healthcare. The following were among them

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    Strapped for cash

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    National service frameworks could have the unintended consequence of increasing the likelihood of litigation - putting further strain on tight budgets. Tessa Shellens and Bridgit Dimond report

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    Wide variations in funding of palliative care

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A third of health authorities have no strategy for palliative care, despite the government's insistence that decisions on how much financial support hospices receive from the NHS must be taken at local level.

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    Merger off the cards in 'spineless' U-turn

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Ministers have ruled out a planned merger between Ashworth Special Hospital and a Salford trust, in a Uturn which has been condemned as 'spineless'.

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    Network calls for overhaul of emergency care

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A collection of 16 essays published by the New Health Network has called for a radical overhaul of emergency care. Co-editor Dr Tom Coffey said every point of entry to the NHS - the ambulance service, social services, general practice and accident and emergency units - was fraught with delay, ...

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    Ombudsmen present united front in call for single service

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The health and local government ombudsmen are, by their own admission, working with out-of-date laws and cannot respond effectively to people's complaints in modernised public services.

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    Speed bumps

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The pressure is on for PCGs to convert to trust status, but many of those who oppose the move argue that it's too much too soon. Daloni Carlisle reports

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    Learning the lessons of Bristol

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Just how do you cope when your organisation is under investigation? Julie Austin reviews the procedures of the Bristol public inquiry and looks at the wider implications for NHS organisations

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    In brief: Independents

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Candidates with no record of political activity have taken the lion's share of chair appointments to primary care trusts in 2000. Independents have taken 52.9 per cent of chairmanships. Of the remaining chair positions, 23.5 per cent are declared Labour supporters, with avowed Liberal Democrats and Conservatives taking 11.9 per ...

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    In brief: NHS

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The NHS spent £1.25bn - or 4.8 per cent of its budget - on treating NHS patients in private, independent or voluntary hospital and community services in 1998-99. The corresponding figures for previous years were £1.08bn (4.6 per cent) in 1997-98, and £870m (3.8 per cent) in 1996-97. Around 40 ...

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    In brief: National Schizophrenia Fellowship

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has called on the government to give a cash injection to meet policy commitments on carers. It says that at least £150m would be needed to meet basic requirements, including one week's respite break each year, a basic information and support package for new carers and ...

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    In brief: North Lakeland Healthcare trust

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Our story about North Lakeland Healthcare trust (page 5, 18 May) incorrectly stated that Bill McNulty was the trust's medical director and had been absent from the hospital since late last year. Mr McNulty was director of mental health for the trust and left in March this year. He was ...

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    Record breakers

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Soon patients will be able to see records on them whether or not they were created by a health professional. Julie Everson looks at the changes brought in by the Data Protection Act

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    Fox's private enterprise knows no bounds

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    Sitting in a BBC TV studio just before prime minister's question time the other Wednesday, I was asked what I thought William Hague would torment Tony Blair about this week. Fresh back from the EU summit in Portugal, I replied 'Europe'.

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    Blank check

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    In a bid to restore public confidence after a series of headline-grabbing scandals, the medical profession is seeking to establish a revalidation scheme for its members. But it won't come cheap. Kaye McIntosh reports

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    Biting the magic bullet

    2000-06-29T00:00:00Z

    A while ago I talked to a friend, a psychiatric nurse, about his ideas for the future of mental healthcare. I mentioned the national service framework, the promised funding and the expected reforms.