All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-10-12 – Page 2

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    Dentists receive first wave of payments for loyalty

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The first payments to reward dentists working in the General Dental Service 'for their commitment to the NHS' will be made this week. The scheme gives additional monies to dentists aged 35 and over who have worked at least five years in the last decade and received gross earnings of ...

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    Denham launches 'zero tolerance'plan on violence

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has launched guidance on tackling violence in mental health, ambulance, community and primary care settings, 'where staff are most at risk of attack'. Launching the guidance, health minister John Denham said he was 'determined'to turn the NHS into a 'zero tolerance zone'for violence. The guidance lists ...

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    Days like this

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Shadow health secretary Robin Cook told the Labour Party conference: 'The Tories have had 10 years to run down the NHS, and it will take time to put it right. But we are determined to do it. 'He stressed this would not be an easy job, and it could take ...

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    UK and EU courts rule on pensions

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    NHS pension scheme rules which provide for a survivor's pension for a widow or widower but not an unmarried partner are coming under challenge in both the UK and European courts.

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    New credo, new code

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    IHM chief executive Stuart Marples this week urged managers to put aside 'command and control' management and adopt a 'new credo in which they would be guides' to develop their staff.

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    Give the customer a choice

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    We are all in favour of user involvement.

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    Trust chief under fire

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The chief executive of South Warwickshire General Hospitals trust has been suspended while an investigation into 'certain administrative procedures'- understood to mean waiting lists - takes place.

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    Fluoride study fails to spark major changes

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The publication of the 'most comprehensive review of research on water fluoridation' has done nothing to unite fiercely pro and anti-fluoridation lobby groups.

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    Union challenge to halted holiday leave

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Unions are challenging a deal made by Lanarkshire Acute trust in Scotland which will see holiday leave stopped for three months during the move to two private finance initiative sites.

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    Human rights cases gather momentum

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    A patient at Broadmoor special hospital who was forcibly given medication has won permission to go to the Court of Appeal, in one of the first human rights cases to reach court on 2 October, the day the Human Rights Act came into force.

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    Call to highlight screening's limits

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Screening programmes should be re-named 'risk-reduction programmes' to help educate people about their limits, according to the UK national screening committee.

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    In Brief

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Health union MSF has claimed that a Halifax survey showing a salary of £35,000 a year is needed to buy a house in London proves NHS staff are being priced out of London and the South East. Head of health Roger Kline said wages needed to be raised along with ...

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    Clean break

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Regulating the health profession requires tact. But the new Council has to go to the heart of the matter, says Celia Davies

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    Conference with extra bite

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Milburn believes the NHS must be the best, as well as the biggest, employer in the land. 'Don't wait for advice: start now' was the message to the Institute of Healthcare Management. Lyn Whitfield and Tash Shifrin report

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    'Politics bias'attacked

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The commissioner for public appointments has called for greater openness about the political affiliation of public appointees in the NHS.

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    Wrong side of beds

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The key to taking the heat off mental health inpatient care may not be as simple as simply increasing bed numbers. Robert Lee and Derek Bradley report on their findings

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    Beam me up, Bournemouth

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Astride a Star Trek set, William Hague delighted the Conservative conference, though on health he may get a rougher ride from voters than he did from delegates, reports Lyn Whitfield

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    No chance of avoiding crisis

    2000-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Only by valuing staff can the NHS retain loyalty through a difficult winter