All Health Service Journal articles in 2001-03-29 – Page 3

  • News

    There is Methodism in their gladness

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    A choice well made Mutuality as a governing principle in residential care By Leonie Kellaher Centre for Policy on Aging 112 pages £15

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    Moving the goalposts

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    A surgical directorate's approach to setting comprehensive targets for consultants has increased the number of patients treated and boosted confidence, say Kath Craig and Bill Thomas

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    Lord Hunt in hospital safety plea

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Junior health minister Lord Hunt has called on trust boards and senior managers to end the 'traditional neglect' of basic hospital safety issues such as cleanliness and infection control.

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    Money where the mouth is

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    At last week's HC2001 conference, junior health minister Gisela Stuart struggled to close the gap between rhetoric and reality on NHS IT. Lyn Whitfield reports

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    monitor

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    If There is anything that surpasses Monitor's deep interest in all matters clinically governant, It is his love of literature. So it was with pleasure - and, indeed, awe - that following Northumberland Mental Health trust's recent agony aunt-style guide ('Dear Diary, my girlfriend and I have been going out ...

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    It never rains but it pours

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Parliament is awash with legislation - recently passed or in the pipeline - that has enormous implications for the health service. Tash Shifrin reports from an HSJ conference that tried to keep delegates afloat

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    in person

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    David Snowdon has been appointed director of nursing and operations at Southern Derbyshire Community and Mental Health trust.He was formerly director of mental health services with Leicestershire and Rutland Healthcare trust.He takes up his post on 1 April.

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    THE PERSUADERS

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Name: Dame Rennie Fritchie Job: Commissioner for public appointments Style: 'Wonderfully human'scourge of cronyism who 'cares very much about the NHS'.Colleagues say she's 'warm, empathetic'and 'absolutely fantastic - everyone falls under her spell', though she has been 'hard-nosed and tough' in pursuing allegations of cronyism.Her scathing report on NHS appointments ...

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    Time to remember

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    The learning disabilities white paper is being trumpeted as a revolution in care that will bring an end to the NHS's neglect of the forgotten generations. Thelma Agnew reports

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    On the shelf

    2001-03-29T00:00:00Z

    Hospital mortuaries are not subject to mandatory inspection and have been under-resourced for years.Now specialists warn that Bedford Hospital's 'bodies on the chapel floor'scandal could easily happen elsewhere. Barbara Millar reports