All News articles – Page 2003
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Squaring up for a fight
Friction grew between doctors and ministers over NHS reform this week amid public outcry over the case of gynaecologist Rodney Ledward (see right).
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Events
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A sense of detachment
The dispersal of asylum seekers around the country is revealing disturbing gaps in continuity of care. Tash Shifrin reports
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Deacon gets tough on violent patients
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon is planning to introduce regulations to stop violent patients attending their local GP surgery and force them to visit secure units for treatment.
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Days like this
Hospital building delays. . . impact of health cuts on social services. . . helicopter grounded. . . income generation schemes 'exaggerated'
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Great dames
Marie Stopes and Joan Collins, aka clinical nurse specialist Jan Saunders and senior manager Brenda Maddy, ride on a float organised by Beatrice maternity ward for Salisbury Hospital Carnival.
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Executive risks creating 'cowboy town' warning
A senior union leader has claimed that the Scottish Executive is in danger of 'creating a cowboy town with the Scottish health service: all front and no back'.
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Remote control
The revamp of junior doctors' employment structure, putting more emphasis on training when consultant numbers have not been increased, has lost sight of service needs, say Robert Elkeles and Richard Thompson
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Consuming passions
Experience of a walk-in centre brought home to Jenny Rogers the disdain with which the NHS often treats its customers. She says something momentous has to happen - before it's too late
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Ledward case shows up disciplinary failings
The chief executive of the trust at the centre of the Rodney Ledward scandal has called for disciplinary processes against consultants to be 'streamlined'.
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Milburn signals health and social care merger
Health secretary Alan Milburn has signalled that next month's national plan will involve wholesale NHS reform, including moves to merge health and social care.
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Short Cuts: CHC calls on CHI to scrutinise pacemaker service
North and Mid Bedfordshire community health council has called for the Commission for Health Improvement to investigate the pacemaker service at Bedford Hospital. It believes it is the first CHC to demand a CHI investigation. An internal investigation published in May was extremely critical of the pacemaker service and its ...
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De Brun says fight for cash is her top priority
Bairbre de Brun, taking up her post as Northern Ireland's health minister for the second time, has said that getting more money for the health service is her top priority.
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NICE data briefing
Does NICE's remit lack scope? John Appleby assesses the evidence emerging from the assessments so far
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In Brief: Scottish school of primary care
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched the Scottish school of primary care in Edinburgh. The school is supported by the government, NHS and professional organisations and will promote research in primary care. After a foundation phase, the school will go live in January 2002.