All News articles – Page 2094
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Standard issue
The new national service framework for mental health sets out standards without specifying in detail how they should be achieved. Is this a good or bad thing? Laura Donnelly encounters a mixed response
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Northern Ireland lobbying secures winter money
Northern Ireland's four health and social services boards have won £7.6m to deal with winter pressures, after sustained lobbying. A Department of Health and Social Services spokesperson said the money had come from 'constant monitoring and review processes' which had 'allowed for an adjustment of our financial plans for this ...
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As the going gets tough the tough get reshuffled
Frank Dobson's Blairite successor will be no easy touch financially
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First principles
Setting up a widely-based team to consider ethical issues has enabled one PCG to move beyond individual opinion. John Ribchester and Caroline Baker report
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Relenza verdict forces 'fasttrack' re-think
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence is to review its fast-track appraisal procedure following outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to reject Relenza for NHS prescription this winter.
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Sly and the family Sloanes
Liam Fox's speech to the Conservative Party conference sought to explain the 'Common Sense Revolution' in health policy. Patrick Butler was there
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Scots services 'failing to hit targets'
Community mental health services have failed to reach standards laid down by the Scottish Office two years ago, according to the Accounts Commission for Scotland.
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New pay plans face 'inevitable' phase-in
The new pay system being negotiated for the NHS will be phased in because not all trusts are expected to be ready to implement it in full.
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Security of job and home 'essential for mentally ill'
Access to work that pays a living wage is essential for people with mental health problems , King's Fund community care director Janice Robinson told a conference attended by education and employment minister Margaret Hodge last week. 'What people with mental illnesses need most are the things that the majority ...
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NHS emergency plans stand up to Paddington pressures
Early verdicts on the Paddington rail crash, which killed up to 40 people and injured 150, are that NHS emergency plans stood up to the pressures of 'a classic major incident'.
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Jowell urges early tackles for teen sex and drug problems
Public health minister Tessa Jowell has called for football clubs to follow the example of Woverhampton Wanderers by targeting teenage sex and drug misuse.
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Dobson says PFI sign-offs prove Labour is delivering
The government has finally managed to get the first wave of major private finance initiative deals signed off. Outgoing health secretary Frank Dobson approved a £96m PFI deal for Swindon and Marlborough trust last week, bringing the number of PFI hospitals under construction to 15, with a total value of ...
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GPs reluctant to deal with mental health
GPs are reluctant to meet a rising mental health workload that is taking up almost a third of their time, according to a national survey by mental health charity MACA.
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Days like this
Cook's warning. . . Conservative voters unhappy. . . Heckler interrupts Clarke. . . Pressure on doctors. . . Pharmacists snub offer. . .