All News articles – Page 1994
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Market days are here to stay
Reforming markets in health care: An economic perspective Edited by Peter C Smith Open University Press 297 pages £19.99 paperback £65 hardback
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Damning report on in-fighting leads to radical shake-up at trust
Ministers have ordered a radical shakeup of services at Surrey and Sussex trust following a damming report on factionalism and in-fighting in the area.
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Costly to a fault
Litigation against the NHS is on the increase, consuming money that could otherwise be used for patient care. Danny Lee canvasses opinion about replacing today's system of compensation with an alternative that doesn't seek to blame
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Radiology department loses consultant on eve of report
A consultant at the centre of an investigation into a leading radiology department is to leave his post as clinical director.
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With complements
The NHS is beginning to wake up to complementary medicine. Now there is handy guidance on how it can be integrated into conventional medicine. Claire Laurent reports
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CHI sends first review teams
The Commission for Health Improvement has sent its first review teams into two hospital trusts as part of its regular four-year programme to visit every trust in England and Wales.
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Hard-bitten food option challenge
Central Manchester Healthcare trust may face a legal challenge to its decision to outsource food production to the King's Mill Hospital, which was made during the closed part of a board meeting.
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Something to celebrate
Those receiving awards in the Queen's birthday honours included many working in healthcare. The following were among them
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Strapped for cash
National service frameworks could have the unintended consequence of increasing the likelihood of litigation - putting further strain on tight budgets. Tessa Shellens and Bridgit Dimond report
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Wide variations in funding of palliative care
A third of health authorities have no strategy for palliative care, despite the government's insistence that decisions on how much financial support hospices receive from the NHS must be taken at local level.
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Merger off the cards in 'spineless' U-turn
Ministers have ruled out a planned merger between Ashworth Special Hospital and a Salford trust, in a Uturn which has been condemned as 'spineless'.
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Network calls for overhaul of emergency care
A collection of 16 essays published by the New Health Network has called for a radical overhaul of emergency care. Co-editor Dr Tom Coffey said every point of entry to the NHS - the ambulance service, social services, general practice and accident and emergency units - was fraught with delay, ...
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Ombudsmen present united front in call for single service
The health and local government ombudsmen are, by their own admission, working with out-of-date laws and cannot respond effectively to people's complaints in modernised public services.
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Speed bumps
The pressure is on for PCGs to convert to trust status, but many of those who oppose the move argue that it's too much too soon. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Learning the lessons of Bristol
Just how do you cope when your organisation is under investigation? Julie Austin reviews the procedures of the Bristol public inquiry and looks at the wider implications for NHS organisations
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In brief: Independents
Candidates with no record of political activity have taken the lion's share of chair appointments to primary care trusts in 2000. Independents have taken 52.9 per cent of chairmanships. Of the remaining chair positions, 23.5 per cent are declared Labour supporters, with avowed Liberal Democrats and Conservatives taking 11.9 per ...
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In brief: NHS
The NHS spent £1.25bn - or 4.8 per cent of its budget - on treating NHS patients in private, independent or voluntary hospital and community services in 1998-99. The corresponding figures for previous years were £1.08bn (4.6 per cent) in 1997-98, and £870m (3.8 per cent) in 1996-97. Around 40 ...
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In brief: National Schizophrenia Fellowship
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship has called on the government to give a cash injection to meet policy commitments on carers. It says that at least £150m would be needed to meet basic requirements, including one week's respite break each year, a basic information and support package for new carers and ...