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GP systems 'poor value for money'
More than a quarter of GPs regard their computer system as poor value for money, according to a survey by the NHS Executive.
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Bed-manager package could ease shortages
West Suffolk Hospital is beta testing a new Windows software package for planning and monitoring bed use.
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In Brief: PAS system
North Hants trust and Loddon Community trust have ordered a £1.75m PAS system from local supplier SMS. The system includes SMS's clinical and management information system Infocom.
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In Brief: Heart Hospital
London's newly built private hospital, the Heart Hospital, has opened a telemedicine facility in conjunction with Interclinical Telemedicine Network, even before it has begun admitting inpatients. The partnership began receiving live case data in March from the El-Maadi military hospital in Cairo.
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In Brief: United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust
Guernsey's board of health has joined United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust in installing Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG package for hospital system support.
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Taken on board
Unwelcome arrivals on some trust boards initially, nurse executives are proving their worth. But keeping a balance between corporate management and professional leadership can be a headache. Ann Dix reports
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HAs ordered to get primary care groups sorted by July
Managers' leaders, health unions and GPs this week welcomed new guidance from the government on the future shape of primary care commissioning.
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'Carrot and stick' to cut waiting lists
A £32m performance fund has been created to encourage health authorities to meet new waiting list targets.
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this week
Dateline Glasgow 3am: a triage nurse pacifies a patient in Glasgow Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department. Photo-journalist Harriet Logan's pictures of the NHS at work in Glasgow and Sheffield are included in an exhibition organised by Network photographers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NHS. It opens on ...
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Series of scandals leads to 'legal duty of quality' move
Hospital managers will face legal action if clinical care fails to meet acceptable standards, health minister Alan Milburn announced this week.
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RCN calls for free long-term care for elderly
All older people should have free long term healthcare, the Royal College of Nursing said this week in evidence to the Royal Commission on long-term care for the elderly.
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Drugs theft hospital doctor found guilty
A doctor who injected himself with drugs stolen from his employers in a bid to cope with excessive hours was found guilty of theft and illegal possession by magistrates last week.
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In Brief: Audit Commission for England and Wales
A review of the work and role of the Audit Commission for England and Wales has been set up by local government minister Hilary Armstrong.
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In Brief: Public sector benchmarking project
The NHS is to be encouraged to take part in the public sector benchmarking project, whose third phase has been announced by public service minister David Clark. He said the project is designed to help public bodies share best practice more systematically, with the aim of improving public services. An ...
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In Brief: Denise Platt
Denise Platt, head of social services at the Local Government Association, has been appointed the new chief inspector of the social services inspectorate of the Department of Health. She succeeds Sir Herbert Laming and will take up her new post in July.
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In Brief: David Pace
David Pace has retired as finance director of the South Thames region after a 44-year career in the service. Mr Pace began working at Friern Hospital in 1954 and is believed to be the longest serving finance director in the NHS.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
A trust has been urged to improve night staffing levels after a nurse was threatened with a knife by a disturbed patient. A Cumbrian spokesperson for the Royal College of Nursing said North Lakeland Healthcare trust should improve staffing at Penrith New Hospital after an assault on nurse Lynn Morris.