All Health Service Journal articles in 4 February 2008 – Page 2

  • News

    NHS database lacks support, survey claims

    2008-02-04T11:38:00Z

    Nine out of 10 doctors have no confidence in the security of the proposed centralised NHS database, according to a poll of more than 200 doctors by the BMA News.

  • News

    Agency staff overpaid, claim Conservatives

    2008-02-04T11:33:00Z

    Agency staff - including managers, finance staff and nurses - are being paid inflated hourly wages, the Conservative Party has claimed.

  • News

    Patient experience research centre opens

    2008-02-04T11:31:00Z

    A centre for the research of patient experiences will be launched in Scotland as part of the Better Together programme.

  • News

    Campaign promotes antibiotics best practice

    2008-02-04T11:28:00Z

    A national campaign is to be launched to remind doctors of the rise in antibiotic resistance and make it clear to patients that antibiotics will not get rid of the common cold.

  • News

    Learn from patient safety failures, trusts urged

    2008-02-04T11:21:00Z

    Poor leadership, ineffective management and inadequate teamwork are common to failings in patient safety, the Healthcare Commission has said.A report looking at lessons from 14 investigations said the boards of failing trusts often concentrated on work such as meeting targets or mergers at the expense of other activities.