All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-09-07 – Page 2

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    Events

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Conservative policy 3 October, Bournemouth The Social Market Foundation is organising an evening event on 'Conservative health policy: next for the NHS?'. Panellists are Conservative health spokesman Philip Hammond, Stephen Pollard, chief leader writer of the Daily Express, and Dr Tim Evans, executive director of the Independent Healthcare Association.

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    Services 'will go down the tubes in NI if system is not improved'

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Health provision will 'go down the tubes' in Northern Ireland unless a better system is set up, a leading doctor has warned.

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    Dig that debate

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The private finance initiative continues to enrage its critics. But its supporters claim their opposition is a relic of a former age. Lyn Whitfield wonders where the future lies

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    Dear Mel. . .

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    What does 'phenomenological' mean ? I've heard lots of nurses use the term when they want to impress people, but when I ask them what it means they just look mysterious and walk away. I'm worried it might be a horrible disease I've got and they won't tell me - ...

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    Days like this

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    London health authorities have resigned themselves to a new round of cuts in a last-ditch attempt to balance the books by April. A snapshot survey by HSJ revealed that cost-cutting would exacerbate the capital's bed shortage. One manager commented: 'The basic problem is there is not enough money to meet ...

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    Cutting edge

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The enhancement of post-operative theatre recovery facilities to provide short-term intensive care for surgical patients, a concept pioneered at St Thomas' trust more than a decade ago, received the Department of Health's seal of approval in a health service circular published earlier this year on critical care services.

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    Can employees no longer be councillors?

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Conservatives give 'hands off 'health pledge

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Conservative Party has pledged to 'take politicians out of the day-to-day management of the NHS'.

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    Colouring in the details

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Ethnicity, disability and chronic illness Edited by Waqar I U Ahmad Open University Press 154 pages

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    MP who was 'champion of the underdog'dies

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Veteran Labour MP Audrey Wise, a long-standing member of the Commons health select committee, has died aged 65.

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    RCN lends weight to care row

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Nursing has added its voice to criticisms of the government's plans for long-term care.

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    Project makes investment plea over capital's shifting ethnic mix

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Public health experts have called for investment in elderly people's healthcare to take account of London's diverse multi-ethnic population.

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    Emergency calls increased and service improved

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Scottish Ambulance Service has reported another rise in demand. Its annual report shows it responded to 495,248 emergency calls last year, an increase of 8,709 on the previous year. Air ambulance demand increased by almost 8 per cent to 2,645 missions and the service also dealt with 2.3 million non-emergency ...

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    Discretionary points scheme to end with buy-out

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Glasgow Primary Care trust is to 'buy out' nurses with a one-off, £500 payment to end the discretionary points scheme.

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    data briefing

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Increased health spending does not necessarily mean a healthier population. John Appleby looks at how the use of different measures can lead to contradictory outcomes

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    In brief: Resuscitation policy

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Trust chief executives must ensure that by next April all hospitals have a local resuscitation policy in place that follows new guidelines issued on Tuesday by health secretary Alan Milburn. This follows last winter's outcry over a number of 'do not resuscitate'orders. The policy must be made available to patients ...

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    In brief: Dudley Group of Hospitals trust

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    About 600 Unison members have begun a week-long strike against transfer out of the NHS in a private finance initiative deal at Dudley Group of Hospitals trust. The mainly ancillary workers have already staged a two-day and a four-day strike. Last week, West Midlands regional office chair Clive Wilkinson visited ...

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    In brief: Selly Oak Hospital

    2000-09-07T00:00:00Z

    Seven military nurses have reported for duty at the accident and emergency unit of Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. A new national Centre for Defence Medicine is being established at University Hospital Birmingham trust and should be fully operational from next April.