All articles by MARK CRAIL – Page 6
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As chair of the BSE Inquiry, Sir Nicholas Phillips has an illuminating final question he asks every official witness: 'As a result of what you have learned about BSE or CJD,' he inquires, 'have you stopped eating beef?' It may say something about former health ministers that so far none ...
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Private hospital use could affect HA money, says Acheson report
Health authority cash allocations could be adjusted to take account of the use people make of private hospitals, according to the most far- reaching report on health inequalities for a generation.
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Crossing the flaw
Department of Health-commissioned analysis shows that the Conservatives' Health of the Nation strategy was flawed and had minimal impact. Mark Crail examines how its little publicised findings will inform Labour policy
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WEB WATCH
Rumour and speculation are rife during times of change, says Manchester health authority chief executive Neil Goodwin. And the best way to counter them, of course, is to provide access to reliable and comprehensive information - which is just what the HA is doing with its new website.
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No happy returns
Health minister Alan Milburn wants to encourage trained nursing staff who no longer work in the NHS to return. But is the number of would-be returners really as many as he would like to believe? Mark Crail reports
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Mental health groups
Mental health groups have moved to distance themselves from junior health minister Paul Boateng's announcement that a review of the Mental Health Act will mean forced medical treatment in the community.
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Scots managers reassured over jobs, but boards face clear-out
Health service managers have been given an assurance that there will be no redundancies and few early retirements as a result of a decision to cut the number of Scottish trusts from 46 to 28.
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No pay rise for many private sector staff
Thousands of private sector healthcare staff will get no pay rise this year, even though employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill vacancies, according to a survey of more than 300 care and nursing homes.
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Pledged change to mental health law held up until general election
Plans to overhaul the 1983 Mental Health Act may not be realised until after the next general election, key mental health groups say.
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Calls to put managers on to staff pay system
Health service unions and managers' groups this week joined forces to call for the inclusion of senior managers in a new pay determination system covering all NHS staff.
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Price of new doctors may be change in role
Doctors may be forced to cede professional ground to nurses and other groups of staff as part of the price of a 20 per cent expansion in medical student numbers, the government has hinted.
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900 a session for surgeons in last-ditch bid to clear lists
Trusts are paying surgeons up to 900 for a half-day's work in a bid to clear waiting lists, it emerged this week.
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WEB WATCH
How long before all those nhs-scot.uk website addresses lose their final two letters? As the development of Scottish Health on the Web goes on, so the gap between the NHS north and south of the border becomes ever more apparent. And that's before anyone starts to think about the Scottish ...
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'Tories failed to tackle POA bully-boy tactics'
Conservative health ministers showed 'political weakness' in failing to tackle the Prison Officers Association head-on over its role in the special hospitals, claim two former top managers.