All articles by Laura Donnelly – Page 9
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Commons committee backs 'no-fault' plan
The Commons health select committee has given its backing to calls for the introduction of no-fault compensation schemes for the NHS.
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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.
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Inspiration, not perspiration
The Ambulance Service Association's members don't balk at more millennium planning - they seem to relish it. Laura Donnelly reports
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Mental health green paper includes forcible treatment
'Radical' reforms to mental health law will mean forcible treatment for community patients who refuse to take their medication.
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Service framework 'needs more money'
Four in five managers charged with implementing the national service framework for mental health are not convinced it can be done without extra money, according to a survey of health authorities and trusts.
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Arts surgery
A new national council aims to promote the use of music, dance, drama and painting in the health service. Laura Donnelly tunes in
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Schizophrenia patients face denial of new drug treatments
People with schizophrenia could be denied modern drugs as a first-line treatment under controversial draft guidelines commissioned by the Department of Health.
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Trust's ex-chair rejects damning report as 'biased and inaccurate'
The former chair of Eastbourne Hospitals trust has launched a scathing counter-attack on a regional review that criticised the trust's 'autocratic, centralist and controlling' management style.
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You ain't seen nothing yet
Normal new year A&E preparations are small beer compared with this year's activity. But will it be enough? Laura Donnelly reports
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Standard issue
The new national service framework for mental health sets out standards without specifying in detail how they should be achieved. Is this a good or bad thing? Laura Donnelly encounters a mixed response
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NHS emergency plans stand up to Paddington pressures
Early verdicts on the Paddington rail crash, which killed up to 40 people and injured 150, are that NHS emergency plans stood up to the pressures of 'a classic major incident'.
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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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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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A marriage made in. . . Southport
After a long courtship, the IHSM and the AMGP sealed the knot last week amid scenes of faded seaside glamour. Laura Donnelly wonders how long it will be before Relate's services are required
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Private hospital chief slams insurance 'fix'
Private hospital network schemes have come under attack from rival providers and consultants, who claim medical insurance companies are disguising anti-competitive tactics beneath 'a cloak of unnecessary secrecy'.
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Treasury blocks coronary framework
Wrangles between the Treasury and the Department of Health have been 'central' to lengthy delays in publishing a national service framework for coronary heart disease, according to HSJ sources.