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In brief: Dave Prentis
Dave Prentis has won the election for general secretary of Unison and will succeed Rodney Bickerstaffe when he steps down at the end of th is year. The voting was :
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In brief: William Ward
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on an 88-year-old patient who fell to his death from a hospital window, despite being nursed on a secure ward.
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If I may be so bold. . .
Some of the civil servants running the NHS Executive haven't had an operational role in the health service for years. Ray Rowden says it's time to put top clinicians and managers at the centre
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BMA warns of 'charging'option
The NHS must consider charging patients, the British Medical Association has warned in a consultation document being sent to every GP in the country.
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BMA urges halt to debt recovery following cyclone
The British Medical Association has written to chancellor Gordon Brown and international development secretary Clare Short, urging the government to halt debt recovery from Mozambique in the aftermath of cyclone Eline, which left thousands homeless. Mozambique will soon benefit from government proposals to write off unpayable debt, but the BMA ...
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London trust chief executive blocks CHC's statutory unannounced visits
The chief executive of a major London teaching trust is preventing community health council members from using their statutory right to make unannounced visits.
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Blair threatens those 'who will not change'
The government has toughened its public stance against NHS managers who fail to embrace change and signalled that poor performers could lose their jobs.
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Birds of a feather
Surely a community trust that helps PCGs move to PCT status is signing its own death warrant? Barbara Kennedy takes a more positive view
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HIV detection better in London, but not provinces
The Public Health Laboratory Service has identified a 'considerable improvement' in the number of HIV-positive pregnant women diagnosed before they gave birth in London, but warned that there are few signs of improvement elsewhere. Its latest Communicable Disease Report Weekly says the proportion of women in London diagnosed before or ...
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Whitewash: the demands of a bereaved family
In July 1998, a man was admitted to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital in a critical condition. Following brain-stem testing and confirmation that he was dead, the hospital's transplant co-ordinator discussed organ donation with the patient's family.
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Managers are bearing brunt of fraud probes
Managers and administrative workers are subject to more fraud investigations than any other NHS staff group, according to an unpublished document compiled by the Department of Health's new fraud squad.
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Beacons need proper input more than propaganda
It is the frontline staff, not politicians, who can boost sites' low profiles
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Beacon sites fail to ignite interest
Beacon sites are failing to capture the imagination of the rest of the health service, HSJ research has revealed.
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In brief: West Surrey health authority
West Surrey health authority finance director Peter Reeves told a recent board meeting that planning for the millennium had delivered benefits to the NHS, including modernisation of computer equipment and better contingency planning. Addenbrooke's trust has announced that it is retaining its millennium management centre as an operations centre because ...
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Senior doctors attack latest Bart's proposals
Senior doctors have launched a broadside against setting up a 'dangerously isolated' cardiac and cancer centre at St Bartholemew's Hospital, London.
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No arms done?
Trusts and charities thrive on their caring image. So why are they investing in companies connected with the arms trade? Mark Gould reports
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GU clinics told to turn n patients away - until April
'Overperforming' genito-urinary clinics at Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals, south London, have been ordered to turn patients away until the new financial year.
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'You can't please all the people. . .'
Plans for a three-way trust merger have roused local opposition even before consultation has begun. Caroline White explains
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HAs face after-care bills for sectioned patients
Health and local authorities could face huge bills after receiving official guidance forbidding them to charge mentally ill patients for residential and home care following treatment as a detained patient.