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Ambulance service breathes sigh of relief at £11. 6m life-line
Managers and unions at London Ambulance Service have expressed relief after receiving an £11. 6m cash allocation from the capital's health authorities.
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Plans not ready for take-off
Were you there? Mental healthcare has had a master class, organised for all chief executives. Despite the hype, the event was surprisingly good fun. I never stop being amazed by senior managers' commitment and readiness to learn from each other through the night, with their glasses held high - half-full, ...
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THE PERSUADERS
Name: Dr Peter Smith Job: Chair, National Association of Primary Care Style: The conciliatory face of the former GP fundholders' outfit, whose idea of a bit of needle is practising acupuncture - he also does homeopathy. Seen as 'less abrasive, less robust, more conciliatory'than predecessor Rhidian Morris. Handwriting analysis shows ...
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A sense of perspective
He learned his trade marketing Smarties. Now Andrew Foster is turning his attention to winning over a new generation - to a health service career. Tash Shifrin profiles the NHS's new human resources director
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Mental health trusts in England are to receive £30m over two years to be spent improving privacy, dignity and safety on psychiatric wards, health minister John Denham announced last week. The money will be allocated directly to trusts where it will be spent on helping to end mixed-sex toilet and ...
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monitor
Praise indeed! Monitor literally didn't know what do when he received an item of fan mail this week! Back from the framers, and since 'spreading good practice' is far more fashionable than boasting ever was, time to share the letter: 'Dear Monitor, I always read your column and sometimes actually ...
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Going at the seam
Inter-professional Practice in Health and Social Care Challenging the shared learning agenda By Carolyn Miller, Marnie Freeman and Nick Ross Arnold 248 pages £18. 99
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More nudge than fudge
What is the government's strategy for improving the nation's health? Despite proliferating documents, It is hard to say, but Ann McGauran looks at recent reports and discovers some interesting trends
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New version of a trusted friend
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Fifth edition Edited by Jane Mallet and Lisa Dougherty Blackwell Science 752 pages £59. 50
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Foot and mouth leads HA to issue hazard warnings
Children should not play on agricultural land during the Easter period, Dr Peter Tiplady, director of public health with North Cumbria health authority, has warned. In the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak, the HA has urged people to keep away from carcasses and advised those with respiratory problems ...
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First past the post
The NHS is certain to be a focus of the general election. But it was not always so. Rudolf Klein charts the progress of health at the hustings
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Fox gets in a twist over yoga - and firms up his position on tuberculosis
It is funny what gets people going. I was crossing New Palace Yard, the square below Big Ben, when a Labour MP stopped me to denounce the widely publicised re-introduction of matrons on the ward.
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Eyebrows raised as matron returns
The government's fanfare last week over its plans to 'bring back matron' was greeted with a mixture of amusement and accusations that it was creating headlines out of a piece of political fluff.
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Exercise on prescription - new guidance from DoH
Guidelines on offering exercise on prescription have been drawn up by the Department of Health, setting out the patients most likely to benefit from such help. The guidance suggests they are appropriate for people with coronary heart disease; hypertension, obesity and diabetes; mental health problems; muscolo-skeletal problems; and rehabilitation following ...
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Managers and unions expecting 'great things'of NHS HR director
NHS Confederation's human resources policy director Andrew Foster has been appointed as the health service's HR director.