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In Brief: Merger
Proposals to merge Mount Vernon and Watford Hospitals trust with St Albans and Hemel Hempstead trust are going out to public consultation. The consultation document sets out two options for change - continued partnership between the two organisations or a merged trust. But Angela Killick, chair of Mount Vernon and ...
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In Brief: Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health trust
Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health trust looks set to become the sole provider of mental health services in Swindon and Wiltshire following a period of consultation among user groups, local councils, trusts and health authorities. Services are currently provided by three trusts, including Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health ...
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Relenza verdict forces 'fasttrack' re-think
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is to review its fast-track appraisal procedure following outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to reject Relenza for NHS prescription this winter.
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Anti-smoking campaigners hit out at delay to tobacco ad ban
A government delay on implementing elements of its tobacco advertising ban has been condemned as 'pointless appeasement' by anti smoking campaigners.
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New pay plans face 'inevitable' phase-in
The new pay system being negotiated for the NHS will be phased in because not all trusts are expected to be ready to implement it in full.
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HR director promotes 'joint training' benefits
NHS human resources director Hugh Taylor has publicly backed the idea that healthcare professionals could benefit from joint training.
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Huge rise in market share for 'big three' private operators
The 'big three' private hospital operators have seen a 'dramatic' leap in market share which has left them with 60 per cent of the market, according to industry analysts.
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Jowell urges early tackles for teen sex and drug problems
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has called for football clubs to follow the example of Woverhampton Wanderers by targeting teenage sex and drug misuse.
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Days like this
Cook's warning. . . Conservative voters unhappy. . . Heckler interrupts Clarke. . . Pressure on doctors. . . Pharmacists snub offer. . .
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Dobson says PFI sign-offs prove Labour is delivering
The government has finally managed to get the first wave of major private finance initiative deals signed off. Outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson approved a £96m PFI deal for Swindon and Marlborough trust last week, bringing the number of PFI hospitals under construction to 15, with a total value of ...
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Northern Ireland lobbying secures winter money
Northern Ireland's four health and social services boards have won £7.6m to deal with winter pressures, after sustained lobbying. A Department of Health and Social Services spokesperson said the money had come from 'constant monitoring and review processes' which had 'allowed for an adjustment of our financial plans for this ...
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'Creme de la creme' projects win action zone cash
Health minister John Denham has named 59 projects in the first wave to win grants from the health action zones innovation fund. 'These innovative schemes are the creme de la creme of the many schemes being produced across the country to improve healthcare and modernise services, ' he said. 'They ...
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Security of job and home 'essential for mentally ill'
Access to work that pays a living wage is essential for people with mental health problems , King's Fund community care director Janice Robinson told a conference attended by education and employment minister Margaret Hodge last week. 'What people with mental illnesses need most are the things that the majority ...
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Nurse wins £30,000 for arrest over 'armed robbery'
London psychiatric nurse Lorette McQueen has won more than £30,000 from the Metropolitan Police. She was arrested by an armed police officer who suspected she was part of a gang about to rob a bank after she stopped to talk to two homeless patients while off-duty. Although Ms McQueen, who ...
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GPs reluctant to deal with mental health
GPs are reluctant to meet a rising mental health workload that is taking up almost a third of their time, according to a national survey by mental health charity MACA.
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Scots services 'failing to hit targets'
Community mental health services have failed to reach standards laid down by the Scottish Office two years ago, according to the Accounts Commission for Scotland.
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Executive appeals for partnership
Every part of the NHS must take steps to work in partnership 'with all parts of the local community', not just the groups with which they have traditional links, the NHS Executive has said.
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Monitor is relieved to report that health minister John Denham escaped with his life from yesterday's topping-out ceremony at Wythenshawe Hospital's new acute block. But what can the poor man have made of the explanatory notes on topping out provided by builders and service operators South Manchester Healthcare Limited? In ...
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Where angels fear to tread
Labour leaders singled out doctors' conservatism at last week's party conference. But while Frank Dobson skirted around the issue, Tony Blair went for the jugular. Patrick Butler was there