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350 complaints a day under new procedure
The NHS is receiving more than 350 written complaints a day, government statistics have shown.
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Shadow over Bart's as London review prepares to report findings to Dobson
Health secretary Frank Dobson has taken charge of the outcome of the London review, now expected to be published in the next couple of weeks.
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Getting physical:
Getting physical: Aberdare GP Shesh Sahai leads by example with a work-out on a rowing machine. He was among doctors from across south Wales who took part in an 'Are You Fit for Work?' event last week held at a Cardiff fitness centre. Its aim was to encourage doctors to ...
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Board recommends merger of three of region's ambulance services
A project board to consider the future of ambulance services in Trent has recommended that three of the region's five ambulance trusts should merge.
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Unions are united against attempt to phase pay rises
Health unions this week presented a united front against rumours that the government may phase this year's pay awards to keep public spending within limits set by the previous Conservative government.
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Frank Dobson
One of health secretary Frank Dobson's special advisers has been involved in developing computer systems that will help ministers manage news more effectively. According to press reports, Joe McCrae has been working on a Department of Health system which analyses government activity constituency by constituency. It should allow Mr Dobson ...
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Trust inquiry into attack on two women
Three London trusts have set up an investigation into the care of an 18-year-old man who allegedly attacked two middle-aged women last week.
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Bristol doctors fail to get charges dropped
Three doctors accused of misconduct over the high infant mortality rate at Bristol Royal Infirmary last week lost an eight-day legal battle to have the charges against them thrown out on the basis that they had no case to answer.
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HA's pounds4.3m cuts will tackle pounds7.2m debt
A health authority has agreed a pounds4.3m package of cuts to tackle a pounds7.2m deficit next year. South Essex HA hopes the remaining pounds2.9m deficit can be closed through further efficiency savings.
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Send in the hit squad
Send in the hit squad: health minister Alan Milburn launches a consultation document on a performance framework for the NHS at an Adam Smith Institute seminar. Last Wednesday's seminar on raising standards in healthcare was one of a series of events organised by the right-wing think-tank on 'achieving Labour's aims'. ...
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Nurses' fears for patient safet y - inquiry ordered
Hospital managers have launched an inquiry after nurses claimed they were so overworked that patient safety was at risk.
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HAs turn to private sector for mental health services
Health authorities frustrated by the way mental health services are provided are increasingly turning to the private sector for solutions, a nationwide survey shows.
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Getting the needle
Getting the needle: West Lancashire teenage school students use word games and puzzles in a project aimed at persuading them to be immunised against tetanus, diphtheria and polio. The project was set up after research by West Lancashire trust senior lecturer Lily Batteson and school nurses Wendy Burchett and Dorothy ...
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University cries foul in pounds12m tender
A university has threatened legal action against the NHS Executive after losing a pounds12m nurse education contract.
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Sacked trust chair with Tor y links is reappointed
Health secretary Frank Dobson has been forced to reappoint a trust chair with Conservative Party connections less than two months after he sacked her.
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Hardy annuals
A trust's experiment with annual-hours working has reduced reliance on agency staff, saved thousands of pounds and proved popular with staff. Ed Rennie and Hazel Allanach explain
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Key Points
Employing nurses on annual-hours contracts which include on-call and stand-down duties has led to more efficient deployment of staff in relation to workload.
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Suitable cases for treatment?
Last year, a newspaper article by a public health consultant carelessly used the terms 'severe personality disorder' and 'psychopath' synonymously, stating that only 20 per cent of this group will improve with therapy and describing them as an 'impossible financial burden' on the NHS.1
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Key Points
Common misconceptions that people with severe personality disorders are 'undeserving and untreatable' often prevent them getting specialist treatment.