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Modernising Social Services: the response
Bill Kilgallon, chair of Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust, and former chair of Leeds city council social services committee
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'Awful accountant' determined to rid the profession of its 'abominable no-men' image
The Healthcare Financial Management Association's new chair is touchingly keen to undermine the image of accountants as 'abominable no- men'.
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Thumbs up for social services shake-up
The 'most radical overhaul' of social services in 30 years has been broadly welcomed by managers in health and social care.
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Police arrest six in trust fraud probe as chair quits and chief takes leave
The chair of a mental health services trust has resigned, the chief executive has gone on indefinite leave, and six other people have been arrested and bailed as part of a police fraud investigation.
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Holidays at risk in millennium staff crisis
Trusts have been urged to consider cancelling leave and asking retiring staff to stay on to cope with the 'unprecedented pressures' of the millennium celebrations.
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Showcase for health managers
Health minister Alan Milburn addresses HSJ's health management awards dinner in London last week.
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IT bug delays continue
A significant proportion of NHS organisations are still behind schedule with their year 2000 computer compliance programmes, according to the latest quarterly report from trusts and health authorities.
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More ideas for coping with the millennium crisis.
'Front load' elective activity to the first six months of 1999 to allow for lower levels of planned activity in January 1999 and December 2000.
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Deliberate self-harm
If the NHS is to achieve the targets for suicide reduction in The Health of the Nation1 and the green paper Our Healthier Nation, the problems that lead people to harm themselves must be addressed.
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Box 1 Feature which predict repetition of self-harm Repetition
a history of self-harm prior to the current episode
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Box 2 - Aims of psychosocial assessment after deliberate self-harm
to identify factors associated with suicidal behaviour
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Box 3 - Main types of interventions evaluated in trials
brief psychological therapy (problem-solving therapy)