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Apex urges RCN staff to accept revised pay offer
Royal College of Nursing staff are being advised by their union Apex to accept a revised pay offer of 4. 8 per cent following a dispute over changes to their pay formula. Apex is recommending that the 700 staff agree to the uplift, though the existing pay formula would have ...
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GP charges would be 'bureaucratic nightmare'
A survey suggesting some GPs are in favour of charging patients for appointments in a move to cut time-wasting has been attacked by the NHS Confederation. Published in The Times, the survey was conducted by the doctors'website Medix-UK and attracted some 900 respondents. But it has provoked an angry reaction ...
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NHS Confederation backs better prison healthcare
Calls for action to boost standards in prison healthcare have been backed by the NHS Confederation. The organisation was responding to a report by the British Medical Association, which said the service was in crisis, arguing many doctors and nurses were leaving prisons because working conditions were so poor. Sandy ...
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Trust fears a £4m shortfall in equipment funding
University Hospitals of Leicester trust is predicting a £4m shortfall in funding for medical equipment. Trust medical director Dr Allan Cole told a board meeting that the trust needed £8m 'just to stand still', but has only £4m to spend. 'The funding for emergency medical equipment has always been inadequate. ...
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Helicopter clash chief under fire
The job of Mersey ambulance chief David Todhunter is hanging in the balance after his trust was forced to apologise to the family of a woman who died when her helicopter transfer was delayed because he became embroiled in a personal row.
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Sacked boss cleared of harassment sues trust
A chief executive sacked after being cleared of sexual harassment at an employment tribunal is to sue his former trust.
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Scottish Executive highlights large spending variations among trusts
The gap between the financial performance of Scotland's acute trusts reached 23 per cent in the last financial year, according to a report by the Scottish Executive.
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Hackney marriage
Two health workers are out to unseat left-wing MP Diane Abbott. Mark Gould looks at the campaign issues
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Tenants extra
The need for affordable housing for key NHS workers has never been greater. Some trusts are trying to address the problem. Lynn Eaton reports
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Hazard warning
Risk matters in healthcare Communicating, explaining and managing risk By Kay Mohanna and Ruth Chambers Radcliffe Medical Press 114 pages £17. 95
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Showing some spirit
Hospital chaplaincy Modern, dependable? By Helen Orchard Sheffield Academic Press 166 pages £10
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Looking behind the screens
Keeping healthy 'down below' Sheila Hollins and Jackie Downer Gaskell 47 pages £10 Looking after my breasts By Sheila Hollins and Wendy Perez Gaskell 53 pages £10
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Delayed LIFT-off
The NHS plan has earmarked up to £1bn and set out ambitious targets for primary care premises. Yet a survey of GPs and managers gave it a vote of no-confidence. Ann Dix reports
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On the record: four professionals speak out on the plan
Managers and doctors surveyed thought the government's targets were unachievable. Four leading primary care players give their views.
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The great divide
New 'fast-track' ambulatory care centres that separate elective diagnosis and treatment from emergency work are part of the government's plans for spending private finance, alongside the building of new hospitals, writes Seamus Ward
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On the crest of a new wave in West Bromwich and Sandwell
Patients in West Bromwich and Sandwell could be among the first to benefit from the new wave of ambulatory care and diagnostic centres.
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PEAT practice
The 'traffic-light' inspections found problems not just with hospital cleanliness but issues such as parking and signage. Are they being tackled, asks Alison Moore
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Separation angst
Single-sex wards are not strictly part of the PEAT work - but are a continual source of complaints and concern, says the Patients Association. 'We have seen not just mixed-sex wards but patients in corridors waiting for Xrays with their bums hanging out, ' says assistant director Simon Williams, who ...
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Shopping around for new models
Improving the environment for 'customers' and making their experience of the organisation better are not issues confined to the NHS.