All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-08-24 – Page 2

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    Days like this

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Nurse suspended. . .More waiting lists. . .HEA alarm at shake-up. . .HAs launch health service lottery. . .Medical laboratory officer overpaid. . .

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    Short Cuts: GP practices to go online by next year

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Oxfordshire health authority has announced plans to link the county's 89 GP practices to the Internet and NHSnet by March next year. The plan will be taken forward with £282,000 from the government's £60m investment in IT announced in June. All Oxfordshire hospitals will also be linked to the new ...

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    No miracle cures likely, then

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    LOOKING ASKANCE

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    Conflicts of interest?

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Piping cold

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The new law - and trusts' own policies - to protect whistleblowers is yet to make an impact, and some staff groups may be loath to use them, writes Ann McGauran

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    Concerns grow over clinical consequences of merger

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Consultants and patient groups have signalled their opposition to a merger of trusts involved in a controversial £250m private finance initiative hospital rebuilding project.

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    Short Cuts: Stem cell research and response welcomed

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The Academy of Medical Sciences has welcomed the report of chief medical officer Professor Liam Donaldson on stem cell research and the government's response to it. The report, Stem Cell Research: medical progress with responsibility , recommends an extension of embryo research and says that research involving cell nuclear replacement ...

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    Short Cuts: Minimum wage campaign to visit music festivals

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Unison is planning to take its campaign to raise the minimum wage to music festivals in Reading, Leeds and Glasgow this bank holiday Monday - with support from Sid and Nancy the motorised wheelie bins, Rosa the nurse and 12ft-high puppets of political figures including chancellor Gordon Brown and shadow ...

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    Week-long strike call as Unison members escalate PFI dispute

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Unison members have voted for a week-long strike in a further escalation of their dispute over a private finance initiative deal in Dudley.

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    How to handle Buffy the junior doctor slayer

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    MACHIAVELLI A BLUFFER'S GUIDE TO MANAGING THE NHS

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    In Brief: online consultation on the future of waiting lists

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association in Scotland has launched an online consultation on the future of waiting lists, to feed into the forthcoming NHS plan for Scotland. Internal policy documents have been put on line for the first time and views can be e-mailed from the site.

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    In Brief: consultation paper on data matching

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The Public Audit Forum has published a consultation paper on data matching - the comparison of separate sets of personal data to identify differences that can be used as an audit tool, particularly in detecting fraud.

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    In Brief: private finance initiative contract

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Northern Birmingham Mental Health trust has signed a private finance initiative contract to replace two Victorian hospitals with smaller, purpose-built facilities, create five inpatient units and create a day hospital for older patients. The total value of the contract is £120m over its 35 years.

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    In Brief: Greater Glasgow health council complaints

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Greater Glasgow health council dealt with 425 complaints relating to NHS services last year - a 29 per cent increase on the previous year. Most of the increase was due to complaints about plans to site a secure unit in the grounds of Stobhill Hospital.

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    In Brief: Correction

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    MHA was mistakenly called MAH in the Open Space 'Closer to Home', published in HSJ on 10 August.

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    Scots medical chief bows out with 'healthier nation' claim

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Sir David Carter has delivered his last annual report as Scotland's chief medical officer, arguing Scotland has become 'healthier' since he took up the post in 1996, but accepting it is 'nowhere near healthy enough'.

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    Mixed blessing

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    What do you get if you cross health and social services? A 'care trust', apparently, and they look set to be the Next Big Thing. Tash Shifrin reports

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    NHS in Scotland faces massive bill to end 'blatant'pay discrimination

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    The NHS in Scotland faces a massive backdated holiday pay bill from nurses who say they have been discriminated against under the European Union law.

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    Gap between 'tough language and the reality'

    2000-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Letters