All Health Service Journal articles in 30 August 2007 – Page 3

  • News

    Visa rules could slow recruitment

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Plans to restrict the number of foreign midwives on 'fast track' visas will thwart the government's pledge to drastically improve maternity care, campaigners are claiming.

  • Comment

    Healthy Schools is raising the bar, not slipping behind

    2007-08-31T16:38:00Z

    I am pleased that HSJ recently chose to publish an article on the National Healthy Schools Programme, emphasising its importance as a good example of health and education collaboration at the local level (see 'A game for two players'.)

  • News

    alcohol

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    There are more binge drinkers in Yorkshire and the Humber than in any other English region a report has shown.The report has been written by the North West Public Health Observatory as part of a series of Indications of Public Health in the English Regions from the Association of Public ...

  • News

    All Our Yesterdays

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    August 29, 1941, Public Assistance Journal and Health & Hospital Review‘The Ministry of Food have announced that from October 1 liquid milk for use in tea, as well as tea, will be available for groups of industrial, business and clerical workers for consumption during working hours,’ said the Journal this ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Day-case rates

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    Recent research by Dr Foster and the NHS Institute analyses productivity opportunities across a range of key areas such as reductions in emergency admissions, statin prescribing and increases in day-case rates. For the last of these there the most recent quarter shows an opportunity of£12m, down from£16m in Q1 2006. ...

  • News

    Weird world health

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z

    End Game understands the ability to overcome pain - we once worked with someone who walked around for two weeks with a broken leg and have watched 24 on numerous occasions - but there are limits.However is appears that one can lose a limb and fail to notice. A Japanese ...

  • News

    suffolk

    2007-09-20T00:00:00Z