All News articles – Page 2011
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Getting personal
The human effect in medicine: theory, research and practice By Michael Dixon and Kieran Sweeney Radcliffe Medical Press 157 pages £17.95
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Extremely simulating
HSJ 's Management Challenge gave contestants a vivid insight into the demands of their jobs - and one vowed to be nice to the city council for the rest of her life.Tash Shifrin was there
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Events
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Trial and error
The deaths of premature babies at North Staffordshire Hospital have proved that the NHS still needs to change radically the way it regards patients.Kaye McIntosh reports on the latest lesson the NHS can't afford to ignore
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Making a world of difference
The global challenge of health care rationing Edited by Angela Coulter and Chris Ham Open University 288 pages £19.99
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Dear Mel. . .
The prime minister is shortly to open a new hospital wing in my trust. However, he will be accompanied by Sir Alastair Campbell.
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Days like this
Plans to cut London's non-emergency ambulance budget by 12 per cent have been rejected in favour of income generation proposals, but the LAS will still shift resources from routine to emergency services. Options include raising more from the sale of old vehicles, normally sold cheaply at auction, and charging more ...
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Deacon warned as more winter crises lie in wait
A working group to look at ways of tackling winter pressures in Scotland has held its first meeting amid warnings of continuing pressure on 'fragmented' services.
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Short Cuts: Conservative proposal to end postcode prescribing
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has promised to end 'postcode prescribing' by setting up a centrally funded national medicines budget for treatments such as beta interferon.The size of the budget would be determined annually by the health secretary, but spent by an 'exceptional medicines fund' committee of 'senior clinicians ...
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Inquiry spells out new tissue retention codes
Trust chief executives should be responsible for ensuring that staff comply with any new laws introduced to ensure children's tissue is not retained without their parents' consent, according to an interim report by the Bristol Royal Infirmary inquiry.
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Highways and law lure two top chiefs
Two of the highest-profile chief executives in the NHS are leaving the health service.
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PCGs under pressure to rush status change
Political pressure to produce rapid results and move to primary care trust status may be undermining the ability of primary care groups to achieve long-term change, a report has warned.
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Head quits over change
The chief executive of a trust at the centre of a national media storm after a patient complained about finding 'do not resuscitate' on her notes has announced he is taking early retirement.
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Short Cuts: Catering and cleanliness undergo tougher scrutiny
Health minister John Denham has told the Healthcare Estates and Facilities Management Association in Telford that catering and hospital cleanliness will be subject to higher standards and tougher inspection by the Audit Commission and Commission for Health Improvement.
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Spending on home care rockets
Social services spending on residential and nursing home care has risen dramatically in comparison with spending on community-based services.
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In Brief: website set up
A website has been set up to inform the public about the government's 'national plan' for NHS modernisation. It includes a button allowing people to send in their views.The website is www. nhs. uk/nationalplan.North West regional office has set up its own website, www.nhsmod-nw.co.uk. It assures staff they will not ...