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Who's who - at this point in time
Directory of Primary Care 2000-20001 Informa Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in association with National Association of Primary Care 1,000 pages £125
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Punishing schedule is part of the story
General practice: demanding work Understanding patterns of work in primary care By John Waller and Paul Hodgkin Radcliffe Medical Press 177 pages £17.95
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Commission may support male nurse in challenge on pensions
The Equal Opportunities Commission is considering whether to back a male nurse - who is challenging NHS pension rules which give female nurses a better deal on early retirement - in taking his case to the Court of Appeal.
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Mother loses earnings claim
Good news for NHS coffers in the latest judgement on what damages parents who have an unwanted child as a result of medical negligence can claim.
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Bill brings concern over patient confidentiality
Tacked on at the end of the Health and Social Care Bill, now going through Parliament, is a clause which gives the health secretary far-reaching powers to make regulations controlling and prescribing who should be given access to patient information.
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In brief
An extra £140m has been allocated to help tackle 'the postcode lottery of care' in the coming financial year bringing the average increase in health authority allocations to 8.9 per cent, according to health secretary Alan Milburn.The NHS research and development budget will rise by 6.6 per cent to £479m.
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Obesity epidemic kills 30,000 each year as costs top £485m
An obesity epidemic is costing the NHS in England at least £480m a year, with costs to the wider economy probably in excess of £2bn, the National Audit Office has revealed.
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Third of intermediate care funds siphoned off into 'other priorities'
Concerns about whether the promised funding of intermediate care, outlined in the NHS plan, will be realised have been heightened by figures showing that around a third of this year’s allocation has been spent elsewhere.
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Most trusts lagging in racial equality plans
Only 5 per cent of trusts in London and southern England have fully implemented racial equality action programmes, despite a legal obligation to do so being only months away, a Commission for Racial Equality survey has revealed.
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Stripper treat leads to nurse suspension
A nurse manager at a Cumbrian hospital has been suspended after a male stripper performed on a ward full of elderly patients.
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Director sues trust for negligence during birth
The clinical director of the accident and emergency unit at Southend Healthcare trust is suing the trust for negligence after he intervened to resuscitate his new-born daughter.Dr Gerard Lane, now working in Belfast, is taking action on behalf of his daughter Heather who was born in September 1998 and is ...
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Trust apologises over defence-agency skin sales
Salisbury Health Care trust has apologised for not making it clear to plastic surgery patients that their surplus skin would be sold for chemical weapons research.The trust sold skin removed during breast and abdominal surgery to the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency at Porton Down for £17,000 a year.The trust ...
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Working group to tackle maternity services crisis
A new working group made up of representatives of health authorities and senior figures from the royal colleges of midwives, paediatricians, and obstetricians and gynaecologists is set to tackle the ongoing crisis in NHS maternity services.Leaked details of previous joint royal college reports, which have remained unpublished, have called for ...
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Review reveals failings in psychiatric hospitals
A Social Services Inspectorate review of the effectiveness of services for people who are detained in psychiatric hospitals reveals a catalogue of shortcomings, including a severe shortage of black and Asian social workers.The survey of 10 local authorities across England reveals that management oversight varied considerably from authority to authority, ...
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Work hurdles for those with mental health problems
People with mental health problems face significant hurdles in trying to return to employment, a survey by UK forum Focus on Mental Health has revealed.The report, led by charity the Mental Health Foundation, found that just 15 per cent of respondents were employed.Of that small group,57 per cent regard their ...
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HAs left in dark as DoH neglects merger criteria
Health authorities struggling to adapt as primary care trusts take over their functions are working in the dark, in the absence of Department of Health guidance on criteria for mergers.
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Patients' groups angered by exclusion
Two major patients' organisations have expressed anger after they were left out of a Department of Health advisory group drawing up new guidance on getting patients' consent to treatment.