All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-09-21 – Page 2

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    Days like this

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Staff increment proposal . . . 'presumptuous'staff ads. . . Clarke says watershed ahead. . .

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    A sorry tale of crying wolf which will haunt Labour

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Using the NHS to end the fuel crisis will do little to woo back voters

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    Contractors criticised on records

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Financial controls over central finance services contracted out by the Public Health Laboratory Service broke down in 1998-99, the National Audit Office has found.

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    Group claims inroads on improvements to hospital

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    The East London Communities Organisation has claimed an 'important step forward' in securing better services at Newham General Hospital. Following a meeting to launch a report on the state of the hospital, it said managers had promised changes to the way food was heated and serviced in the hospital, with ...

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    Harder to find justice without CHCs

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Changing rooms

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Transferring medical patients to outlying wards causes disruption to both staff and patients and is a poor way of relieving pressure on beds. Lesley Lack and Joy Warren report

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    Legislation causes complexities and delays

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    'We need more primary care counsellors'

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Cancelled ops suggestwinterwoes

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Figures showing a big jump in cancelled operations this year suggest that managers will struggle to comply with ministerial orders to keep them to a minimum this winter.

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    Campaign launched to put patients centre-stage

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    A campaign has been launched, led by the Long-Term Medical Conditions Alliance, to put patients centre-stage in the New NHS. People's Voice for Health (pv4h) argues that the NHS plan was 'a step in the right direction'. But it now wants a commitment to a comprehensive service, involving the people ...

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    Building insights into good value

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Total facilities management By Brian Atkin and Adrian Brooks Blackwell Science 192 pages £29. 50 paperback

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    Bring on the clowns

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    In the beginning was the administrator: born to regulate the NHS and check that intended actions matched written policies, using not judgement but the rule book. The service was over-regulated and under-scrutinised: once the rules had been met, little was done to check that progress matched intended aims - especially ...

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    In brief: Plymouth Hospitals trust

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Plymouth Hospitals trust, which saw the resignation of its chief executive and his deputy in a row over 'fiddled' waiting lists, has appointed Paul Roberts to lead the organisation. Mr Roberts has been acting chief executive since January this year, on secondment from Plymouth Community Services trust.

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    In brief: Bury St Edmunds primary care group

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Bury St Edmunds primary care group is recruiting local people to patients' forums to cover Bury and Sudbury in response to the NHS plan. PCG chief executive Mark Crawley said the forums were 'not a token gesture' but would give people 'real influence over the local health service'.

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    In brief: Southampton University Hospitals trust

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Southampton University Hospitals trust has decided to spend £130,000 of its national clean-up campaign money on improving its 400 toilets, admitting 'sheer wear and tear' means 'they never really look - or smell - very hygienic'. The remaining £20,000 will be used to remove chewing gum from carpets in the ...

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    In brief: Essex Rivers Healthcare trust

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Essex Rivers Healthcare trust saw work start this week on an £890,000 scheme to expand and modernise the accident and emergency department of Colchester General Hospital. Almost £600,000 will come from the government's modernisation fund, although the trust is still trying to secure 'a larger contribution'from this.

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    In brief: Unison workers

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    A poll of 650 readers of the Dudley and Stourbridge News attracted 80 per cent support for Unison workers holding their fourth strike in six weeks against a private finance initiative hospital rebuilding project in Dudley.

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    Employers and unions at odds in final submissions to pay bodies

    2000-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Employers and unions were set for a head-on collision over pay as the last submissions to the NHS pay review bodies were handed in this week.