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Mental health green paper includes forcible treatment
'Radical' reforms to mental health law will mean forcible treatment for community patients who refuse to take their medication.
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Very model of a modern major general
The development of a clinical site management team, made up of nurses, has improved use of beds and allowed more admissions in one district general hospital. Diane Eamer reports
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Learning the hard way
An evaluation of training uncovered some harsh realities about student life and significant discrepancies between nursing and other students. Alan Randall and Penny Tamkin report
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Waiting lists are 'inefficient, obscure and unaccountable'
Waiting lists provide an 'inefficient, obscure and unaccountable' method of rationing care and should be scrapped, according to the King's Fund.
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Inspiration, not perspiration
The Ambulance Service Association's members don't balk at more millennium planning - they seem to relish it. Laura Donnelly reports
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Washing up
A nurse takes part in hand hygiene week, an initiative by Leeds health organisations to persuade healthcare staff and the public to help control infection by frequent and thorough hand washing. It follows a study that found 89 per cent of healthcare workers failed to wash every part of their ...
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NHS faces £200m new year deficit
Health authorities and trusts could see in the new year with a £200m deficit, according to a survey by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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Short Cuts: People over 65 are refused treatment on the NHS
One in 20 people over 65 has been refused NHS treatment, including breast cancer screening, heart transplants and coronary care, says an Age Concern survey of age discrimination in the NHS. Director Sally Greengross called on the government to end the 'national epidemic of ageism' in the NHS and ensure ...
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DoH accuses drug firms of 'profiteering'
The Department of Health and drug suppliers have clashed over who is responsible for the rocketing cost of unbranded medicines.
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Short Cuts: ACHCEW clashes with BMA over confidentiality
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales is seeking legal advice over British Medical Association guidelines which it fears will compromise patient confidentiality. Director Donna Covey urged the BMA to 'look again' at its guidance on confidentiality and disclosure of health information, in particular the assumption that ...
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MSF demands probe into victimisation allegation
Health union MSF is calling for a Department of Health investigation into allegations of victimisation of trade union members at Bedford Hospital trust.
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Deacon's move sparks resignation of chair amid shake-up controversy
The chair of Fife health board has resigned following intervention by Scottish health and social services minister Susan Deacon in controversial service delivery changes.