All articles by Laura Donnelly – Page 8
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NHS 'masterplan' teams are sworn to secrecy - or else
The government has launched three months of consultation ahead of 'a national plan for the NHS' by urging the modernisation action teams involved to keep their talks under wraps.
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No way out
Government plans to lock up dangerous people with severe personality disorders have met with almost blanket opposition from mental health professionals. So where to now? Laura Donnelly reports
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Government has 'ducked' thorny issues in Mental Health Act plans
The expert committee charged with advising the government on reform of the Mental Health Act has attacked its green paper for 'ducking some fundamental questions' to chase a tabloid agenda on public safety.
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Public health experts fear hidden R&D cuts
Experts in public health have expressed fears that the health secretary's vow to 'take public health out of the ghetto' is a 'cover' for short-term cuts in research and education.
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The second coming
A rise in cases of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases has led to talk of a time-bomb more reminiscent of the mid-1980s. Laura Donnelly asks how services will cope
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GU clinics told to turn n patients away - until April
'Overperforming' genito-urinary clinics at Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals, south London, have been ordered to turn patients away until the new financial year.
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Knock knock
Presenting mental health in a good light is an uphill struggle to combat negative press coverage. Laura Donnelly reports
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Acute beds on the up - or the down
Acute bed numbers could be increased by 35,000 in the next 20 years - or cut by 23,000 - according to a longawaited report by the government's national beds inquiry.
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All things to all men
The long-awaited national beds inquiry report seems to cater for all tastes. Primary, intermediate, acute. . . you can have it all. Or can you? Laura Donnelly reports
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Association will 'confront forces inhibiting public health progress'
The UK Public Health Association will 'confront and expose forces inhibiting the government's intentions to act progressively', if necessary, new chief executive John Nicholson said this week.
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Two-day target for access to doctors criticised as 'harsh'
Primary care leaders have given a lukewarm response to governmentbacked targets for rapid access to GPs.
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Wired for sound
Clashes between medical professionals and 'survivors' kept the temperature rising at a debate on ECT. Laura Donnelly was there
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New tier of care for elderly set to follow national beds inquiry
A new tier of healthcare for elderly people was due to be announced yesterday as part of health secretary Alan Milburn's modernisation crusade.
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Public health body to end contract culture
The demise of the Health Education Authority will end contract culture and poor co-ordination in public health, the head of its slimline successor has pledged.
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Fallon fallout
The battering meted out to Ashworth Hospital by the Fallon inquiry may have led to other establishments facing tougher regimes, writes Laura Donnelly
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Take a long, hard look
A film recording peoples experiences of mental health services through the 20th century makes grim, and sometimes shocking, viewing. And its long - but not in the context of participants lives, writes Laura Donnelly
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Government hits back over north-south 'gap'
The government this week launched an offensive against claims that its social exclusion agenda has done little to tackle the root causes of poverty and a widening north-south divide.
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'Widening gap' is blow to public health policy
The government's public health programme has come under fire after research found the 'biggest health gap' ever measured between the richest and poorest households.
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Healthy living centres kick off with £1m plan
One of the government's earliest health policy ideas is showing signs of coming to fruition with the announcement of the first healthy living centre to be funded by the National Lottery.