All News articles – Page 1997
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Sticky wicket for jambusters
Imaginative thinking must be the hospital menu planner's bread and butter
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Ombudsman hits out at Internet relegation
A furious row has broken out between the health service ombudsman and the NHS Executive over the circulation of ombudsman's reports.
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Towards good practice
A highly motivated workforce equals high-quality patient care, says the RCN. Key motivators are 'proper' financial rewards and good human resource policies such as family-friendly working. But equally important to nurses is access to professional development and training.
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A year to get in gear
The ombudsman has warned that NHS trusts have a year to complete investigations - or risk him stepping in before procedures have been exhausted .
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Politicians would do well to be as forthright as WHO
Ministers' vision of the NHS should be as open as the World Health Report
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Shock discovery on disused site
Blood samples, parts of ears and other clinical waste have been uncovered by demolition workers pulling down a disused hospital in Wales.
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View from the delegates
Scepticism about the government's Budget cash injection and worries about staffing levels were widespread, on and off the conference floor.
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Days like this
Paediatric practice warning. . .Lab staff 'deserting'. . .'Airline booking system'. . .No 10's reform fears. . .Dinner-cash dearth. . .Data doubts
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Jam three days running for disgruntled patient
A hospital is to review a newly introduced food distribution policy after a patient complained that she had to survive on jam sandwiches for three out of her four days in hospital.
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Data protection for managers
It is remarkable that managers in the NHS and the private sector do not know what their doctors are doing and that trust boards sail along in ignorance of consultant activity levels and the variations therein. How can health authorities and insurers manage these employees in a manner consistent with ...
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Cost-effective?
The Audit Commission says it was not possible to model all the alternative services with their different costs but that studies so far have produced 'encouraging results':
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GMC confirms need for doctor reforms
Plans to make doctors prove they are good at their jobs will be unveiled today by the embattled General Medical Council.
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NHS Wales HR strategy set to embrace common core training
The NHS in Wales is to push ahead with 'common core training' for health professionals - an idea still being debated by England's modernisation action teams.
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Clear-out of top managers
Scotland's chief medical officer, Sir David Carter, is to take up a senior post with a charity following his departure from the health service in September.