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Age discrimination pledge may reignite debate on rationing
The government's pledge to end age discrimination in NHS services will reignite the debate on rationing and could even prompt a 'backlash' as younger patients lose ground to elderly people, it has been claimed.
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A&E wait times 'can't be blamed on winter'
Waiting times in accident and emergency departments across the UK show 'significant pockets of very, very long waits' that cannot be blamed on winter pressures, according to figures from a snapshot survey.
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Public health still languishing in the 'ghetto'
Public health risks falling behind fix-and-mend medical services in the race for resources, despite government talk about dragging it 'from the ghetto', according to a report from the Commons health select committee.
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Private firms could run as well as finance primary care centres
Private companies providing finance to develop primary care premises may play a key role in the managing of the centres in what could amount to a national franchise for primary care.
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HR directors overwhelmed by flow of 'daily' initiatives
Directors of human resources are working an average 10-12 hourday, an NHS survey has revealed.
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GPs split on local financial incentives
Divisions have emerged between GP organisations about primary care incentive payments, with concerns raised that the scheme has by-passed the usual consultation process.
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Blair's PFI 'commitment'is attacked by Unison
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis has launched a stinging attack on the government's 'senseless commitment to privatisation' in the NHS.
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Scottish staff praised for response to bad weather
The chief executive of the NHS in Scotland has praised staff for their overwhelming response to winter pressures, saying that some even worked double and triple shifts during the recent bad weather.Trevor Jones said that while working such long hours was not 'encouraged', he was impressed with the commitment shown ...
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'Public still has faith in doctors'- despite scandals
Despite the medical scandals at Alder Hey and the Bristol Royal Infirmary, the public still trusts doctors, according to an opinion poll by the British Medical Association and MORI.Eighty-nine per cent of those surveyed trusted doctors to tell the truth and 89 per cent were 'fairly'or 'very'satisfied, although the proportion ...
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Think-tank argues for more flexible funding models
An NHS funded entirely through taxation is a 'quaint oddity', according to a report from the Adam Smith Institute.It argues that people should be able to pay the same NHS tax contributions into a number of social insurance funds of their own choice, which would buy in healthcare services for ...
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Medical students tell of pressure to act unethically
Nearly half of medical students have been put under pressure to behave unethically in a clinical situation, according to a study of final year students at Toronto University medical school in Canada.Sixty-one per cent had also witnessed a clinical teacher acting unethically.The categories of ethically problematic situations were: conflict between ...
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Welsh Assembly launches nurse education plans
The Welsh Assembly has launched its strategy for education for nursing, midwifery and health visiting.Creating the Potential is the result of more than two years'work and involved interviews with 5,000 nurses, health visitors, midwives and members of the public. It is intended to set out how training and education should ...
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Major NHS plan areas at risk as HAs 'raid' heart and cancer cash
Some of the government's top priorities under the NHS plan could be in jeopardy because of the higher-than-expected costs of pay awards and National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance.
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BMA under attack from consultants
The Hospital Consultants' and Specialists' Association has attacked the British Medical Association over negotiations for a new consultants' contract, and suggested that hospital consultants could begin working to contract.
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Careers drive to link professions
Middle-ranking NHS managers have been invited to join a government career development programme, aimed at creating 'future leaders' in the public sector.
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A picture can tell a thousand words, or so Monitor was told. And John Bacon, top dog for London, has already provided glorious pictorial moments. What with the resemblance to rentaquote professor David Hunter and almost every famous Scouser, sometimes it is hard to know when to stop. And the ...
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Dear Mel. . .
What is the world coming to? I am shocked at the management changes at Stoke Mandeville hospital. What's wrong with having loads of patients on the suspended list? Doesn't everyone do it? Surely It is time the government woke up to the fact that it is funding and facilities which ...
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Czar warns that fast community follow-up is key to saving lives
Major changes are needed in the community follow-up for patients recently discharged from psychiatric hospital - even if it means existing patients see the community team less frequently, says the mental health czar.
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Quit call follows regional chair's 'manifesto' remark
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has called for the resignation of Sir William Wells, chair of South East regional office, accusing him of having his impartiality 'utterly compromised' by sending a letter to trust chairs urging them to meet 'our manifesto commitment'on waiting lists. Sir William's letter expresses concern ...