All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-10-05 – Page 3

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    NI's health is 'among the worst in Europe', says de Brun in cash bid

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Northern Ireland's health minister, Bairbre de Brun, has joined a ministerial scramble for cash with a bid for a £274m increase in her department's funding.

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    We'll meet again

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Given the observation that up to 16 per cent of medical re-admissions are potentially preventable, it is not surprising that the proportion of emergency re-admissions within 28 days has been adopted as a quality and performance indicator by the UK government.

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    CHI adds trust to next review

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    A trust whose cardiology department was the target of a call for a Commission for Health Improvement investigation has been included in CHI's next review round.

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    HIV charities in merger to address changing needs

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Two of the UK's largest HIV charities have come together in one of the largest single mergers in the voluntary sector. The Terrence Higgins Trust and London Lighthouse have merged to create the Terrence Higgins Trust Lighthouse, which will have a turnover of more than £8m. Grainne Morby, acting chief ...

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    Milburn rejects CHCs'call for cash to oppose their abolition

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Milburn has refused health watchdogs' calls to fund a judicial review of his decision to abolish them.

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    Community cancer care nets £23m lottery funding

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The new opportunities fund has awarded £23m in lottery funding to community cancer care projects, focusing on particularly vulnerable communities. The 91 projects receiving funding will benefit people who are socially disadvantaged, isolated or hard-to-reach, including ethnic-minority communities, young patients and carers, and elderly people. Cancer awareness initiatives, 'hospice-at-home'schemes and ...

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    '160 children may have been failed' by Bristol

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The final clinical case review by the Bristol inquiry has suggested that more than 160 babies and young children may have been damaged or died as a result of poor standards of care between 1984 and 1995.

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    Standards hazardous to health lead to £12,000 fine for hospital

    2000-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Leicester Royal Infirmary has been fined £12,000 for breaching health and safety regulations.