All Health Service Journal articles in 2000-10-19 – Page 2

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    Delayed discharges rise as winter looms

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The latest social service performance indicators have exposed an increase in the delayed discharge of elderly patients from acute hospitals, a trend which could lead to more blocked beds this winter.

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    Dear Mel. . .

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    I attended the Institute of Healthcare Management conference a couple of weeks ago and heard Mr Milburn talking about the key themes of the NHS annual plan. What are these themes? Can you help?

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    Days like this

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    A leaked Department of Health memo on the public spending talks has revealed that health secretary Kenneth Clarke has been advised to cut his bid to the Treasury for extra money by £431m, and that he is prepared to lose another £500m.Mr Clarke had originally asked for a £2.76bn increase ...

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    Lack of data could hamper multi-agency plan

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    We were pleased that you carried the article about the problems data collection poses for multi-agency working ('Minus sign', pages 3233, 28 September).However, we wish to point out that authorship should be attributed to the Radical Statistics Health Group, not to Susan Kerrison and me, even though we were more ...

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    Idea to link PFI with outcomes 'is dangerous'

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Unison has attacked proposals for a radical development of the private finance initiative drawn up by a working group for centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research.

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    PCT's mental health services damned by report

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    A damning report examining mental health services run by Highlands primary care trust says a 'constant demand for change has paradoxically led to a stagnation of the services'. The Scottish Health Advisory Service report highlights 'a significant lack of shared vision' which has hindered the implementation of the local framework ...

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    A website initiative can help harness our collaboration on health inequalities

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Since the current government came to power there has been a renewed interest in health inequalities. In the research community, health inequalities have formed a focus of interest in a variety of disciplines, including economics, epidemiology, geography, philosophy, public health and sociology, among many others.

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    Scotland's opinion of CHI is irrelevant to survey

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Commission for Health Improvement director Peter Homa questioned the reliability of your survey on expectations of CHI (Letters, pages 22-23, 28 September).

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    Crisp takes reins with 'patient centred' vow

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The new chief executive of the NHS has laid out his vision of a patient-centred service forged through links with key stakeholders.

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    Case the joint

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Some may still feel uneasy about it, but it's now so fashionable no-one can ignore it. Tash Shifrin explores the under-reported world of joint working

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    Five million people can't be wrong

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Health care communication using personality type Patients are different! By Judy Allen and Susan A Brock Routledge 213 pages £12.99 paperback

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    The rich history of NHS buildings could be lost

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Your picture focus on the London Open House event (pages 16-17, 5 October reminded me that the NHS has a large capital stock of buildings with much history to tell.

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    In Brief

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish National Party will put health at the top of its agenda when it announces its latest policy strategy, newly elected leader John Swinney has said. It is thought he wants to publish the SNP's proposals before publication of the modernisation plan for the Scottish NHS, due to be ...

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    Greetings to a minister with a minty bit stronger chance

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    As a career health service manager takes top slot this is an NHS tribute

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    Better or worse?

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The implications of the NHS plan for partnerships between health and local authorities have largely been assessed in personal social service terms. This perspective is understandable. Before the plan was published the NHS confederation proposed levels 5 and 6 primary care trusts to commission and provide social care the secretary ...

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    Back to basics

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    As PCGs become PCTs, lay members are demanding higher pay. Without it, they say, the only people we'll see serving on these lynchipins of primary care reform are the 'usual suspects'. Claire Laurent reports

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    A nation awaits

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    His appointment may not have captured the public imagination in quite the same way as the England football manager debate, but Nigel Crisp, too, will be judged by results. Ann McGauran and Laura Donnelly report

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    RCN to decide on healthcare assistant membership

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    The Royal College of Nursing was set to decide this week whether to admit healthcare assistants to membership. The groundbreaking vote was due at the union's annual general meeting in Cardiff yesterday. The move to ballot on widening the college's membership follows more than a decade of debate and a ...

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    Tackling mental illness in Asian communities

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    As an Asian person who has experienced mental illness, I know how the stigma in the Asian communities often discourages people from seeking effective help.

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    Troubleshooters find failings in critical areas at Bart's

    2000-10-19T00:00:00Z

    A regional troubleshooting team called in to the crisis-hit Barts and the London trust has found failures of performance in 'critical areas'.