All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-09-14 – Page 3
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In brief: Health partners
The Local Government Association has written to all local authorities with a five- point plan that urges them to work with 'health partners' to develop effective, yearlong strategies to improve social care for older people and eradicate bed-blocking.
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In brief: Lord Hunt
Junior health minister Lord Hunt has launched a 'national plan for pharmacy', promising that by 2004 prescriptions will be routinely issued by e-mail, NHS Direct will send callers to pharmacies if appropriate and to improve use of an 'action team' for medicines.
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In brief: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
More than 9.5 million people cannot afford to keep their homes decently heated,4 million cannot afford fresh fruit and vegetables or two meals a day, and 6.5 million cannot afford a warm, waterproof coat a major study of poverty by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has established.
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In brief: NHS counter-fraud
Contact details for information about training in NHS counter-fraud were given incorrectly in 'Cut to the Chase' (news focus, page 12,31 August).Training manager David Snell can be reached on 01189-505669 or e-mail David.Snell@cfos. nhs. uk The modular course referred to leads to an accredited counter- fraud specialist qualification, compulsory for ...
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Longstanding BMA secretary to be Scottish chief medical officer
The new chief medical officer for Scotland will be Dr Mac Armstrong, secretary of the British Medical Association since 1993.
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A little bit of horse sense
War wounds were compared and farmyard analogies coined at a joint health and local government conference on inspections. Alex Klaushofer listened in
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Called to the bench
By the end of the year all mental health trusts must be part of a benchmarking group. Twenty-six inner city trusts came together to work towards this goal.Peter Clarke and Tom McCarthy report
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Prostate cancer research programme to begin
Health secretary Alan Milburn has increased funding for prostate cancer research as part of a new NHS prostate cancer programme. The Department of Health will be directly funding £1.2m of research this year, rising to £4.2m by 2003-04.
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Bastards let us down: NHS Direct bidder
The main rivals for the software contract to complete the roll-out of NHS Direct have reacted bitterly to news that French insurance company Axa Assistance has won the £68m-a-year deal.
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Picking up the pieces - BAMM case studies
Case 1.'I think you've got a problem here' A medical director and BAMM member got a call from a trust chief executive who had concerns about a clinician's performance.He drove 300 miles on a Sunday, and spent hours that evening ploughing through case notes.
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Employers win back leeway in sackings
In a ruling delivered to little publicity the day before judges and lawyers departed on their annual jaunt to Tuscany, the Appeal Court reversed the effect of a series of court decisions which made it harder for employers to justify a sacking as fair.
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Up, up and away
Docbusters wanted. Must be extremely skilled, enjoy travelling extensively at short notice and capable of inspiring the confidence of beleaguered trusts.
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Milburn's promise of help to assess bed needs welcomed
NHS managers have welcomed health secretary Alan Milburn's promise to provide them with a 'model' to help calculate the numbers of beds needed in the NHS, despite warnings that the initiative is unnecessary and centralist.
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A label of 'dual diagnosis' is being given to people with mental health problems who misuse alcohol and drugs. But will this improve their care, asks Claire Laurent
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In brief: Legal aid
Plans to reform the financial eligibility tests for legal aid could mean more people abandoning cases for fear of losing their homes, say lawyers. The most radical change would require people with more than £3,000 equity in their homes to contribute from the equity to the cost of their cases. ...
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Adverse drug reactions monitoring to be updated
The Medicines Control Agency is introducing an updated 'yellow card' scheme for reporting suspected adverse drug reactions, designed to protect patient confidentiality. The new scheme will no longer require personal details such as a patient's name and date of birth, but will just ask for information such as a patient's ...
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Anti-smoking research shows TV ads make sense
Health Development Agency research suggests that health promotion on television is an effective way to combat smoking.
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Going for growth, but does it all add up?
Extra beds are welcome, but forthcoming guidance must tie up loose ends
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