All Hospital closures articles – Page 8
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Hospital closures a 'red herring'
CHOICE Farrar claims lack of spare capacity could undermine contestability policy
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local connection
In the face of high-profile hospital closure disputes, the government has firmly positioned itself behind health services at a local level.But can current technology deliver this vision of integrated care? Sally Whittle reports
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GP wins redundancy claim after hospital closure
A GP who was employed by a trust to provide cover at a hospital elderly care ward has won an employment tribunal claim for redundancy payments after the sessions were ended due to the ward's closure. Dr John Campbell, who practises in Ashington, Northumberland, had been employed as a hospital ...
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Mental health strategy damned as MPs call for hospital closures
The Commons health select committee has launched a fierce attack on key strands of government policy on mental health.
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Fast reactor
No-nonsense, straight-talking action man Mike Deegan has two months to solve the problem of how to improve the NHS. Lynn Eaton gets her stopwatch out
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Chief executive to step down with £4.2m deficit uncleared
West Sussex health authority's controversial chief executive Peter Catchpole is to leave for a new career, having failed to clear the HA's historic deficit.
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Slow motion
For 10 years, staff and patients at a crumbling psychiatric hospital in a bleak cliff-top location wondered if they would ever move to a proposed new unit. Now, with their full involvement, they have. Anna Barnes reports
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Days like this
Think-tank defends Thatcher... Clarke wins Cabinet backing... Psychiatric hospital closure moratorium sparks alarm... Major 'revolution'...
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As seen on TV
Hospitals are often approached by television programme-makers, eager for news footage, a good film location or a subject for a major documentary. Patrick Butler looks at the pros and cons of letting the cameras in
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As seen on TV
When Derek Smith agreed to let a Channel Four film crew into King's College Hospital to make the documentary Operation Hospital six years ago, he did not think it would be remembered mainly for its anti-doctor stance and for his choice of car. 'Things do not always go the way ...
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As seen on TV
Hospitals are often approached by television programme-makers, eager for news footage, a good film location or a subject for a major documentary. Patrick Butler looks at the pros and cons of letting the cameras in