All News articles – Page 1931
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Victim can't be forced to work alongside bully
Bullying claims are the latest growth area at employment tribunals. The bullied even have their own website, Bully OnLine, where they can keep up to date with legal developments.
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Cervical screening at same level as five years ago
The proportion of women in England screened for cervical cancer has remained unchanged since 1995, with a persistent 16 per cent who do not have regular smears, according to the latest report from the cervical cancer screening programme.
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Views sought on organ retention after post-mortem
The Scottish Executive is to seek the views of the public on the retention of organs after post-mortem examinations. A review group, set up by Scottish health minister Susan Deacon and chaired by Professor Sheila McLean, is investigating previous practice in relation to hospital post-mortems and post-mortems required by law. ...
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Winter cash unlikely to avert crisis as PM admits problems
NHS managers got an early taste of winter pressure this week as prime minister Tony Blair admitted that some problems would be 'inevitable' over the coming months.
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Court action looms over DoH anti-flu drug guidance
A company which distributes an anti-flu drug that is a tenth of the price of Relenza is considering legal action against the Department of Health after accusing it of restraint of trade.
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'Battles' inevitable if medical committee is abolished
The medical practices committee is urging the government to reconsider proposals laid out in the NHS plan to abolish it.
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Traffic-light doubts grow as 80% of red-alert HAs appear in North
A preliminary 'traffic light' system ranking English health authorities in terms of performance and effectiveness exposes a sharp North-South divide, with the vast majority of poor-performing 'red light' organisations in the North, this week's HSJ reveals.
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Strategy for HIV remains elusive despite an extra £41m in funding
Public health minister Yvette Cooper has announced an extra £41m next year to tackle soaring numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS. But there is still no sign of the long-delayed draft sexual health and HIV strategy, which is now not expected until the new year.
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Bedblock set to hit trust's £1m savings
A cash-strapped Scottish trust has revealed that it has made £1m in savings on wages but will have to spend an extra £1m on tackling bedblocking this winter.
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Right on target
An enterprising scheme to help mothers in one of the most deprived areas of the country is being staffed by members of their own communities. Barbara Millar reports
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A problem shared
It's pooled budgets with a difference in one part of east London, as the NHS helps social services withstand swingeing cuts in service provision. Tash Shifrin reports
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monitor
Parallels between Princess Di (as was) and finance directors are rare. Colin Reeves would never have called himself 'the people's finance director' - it wasn't in his nature. Yet news that the NHS' top bean-counter is to pack away his scientific calculator for the last time has shaken the foundations ...
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The long and winding road
Race, culture & ethnicity in secure psychiatric practice Working with difference Edited by Charles Kaye and Tony Lingiah Jessica Kingsley 284 pages £18.95 paperback
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Type-righting lessons
The huge rise in the type-2 diabetes population - and the introduction of major new drug treatments - is set to pose some increasingly tough management decisions, writes Jenny Bryan
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Proposals unveiled for Scottish independent sector
Plans for improving the regulation of Scotland's independent healthcare sector have been unveiled by Scottish health minister Susan Deacon. The proposals have been developed following responses to the Scottish Executive's consultation paper, Regulating Private and Voluntary Healthcare, which was published earlier this year. They include the regulation of private hospitals, ...
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Giant gorilla in their midst
For a primeval swamp, New England isn't a bad place to be in mid-October: the trees are trumpeting their extraordinary colours against a bright blue sky.
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Take the shock out of the future
Business planning for healthcare management Second edition By Carolyn Semple Piggott Open University Press 164 pages £18.99