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HAs ordered to get primary care groups sorted by July
Managers' leaders, health unions and GPs this week welcomed new guidance from the government on the future shape of primary care commissioning.
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RCN calls for free long-term care for elderly
All older people should have free long term healthcare, the Royal College of Nursing said this week in evidence to the Royal Commission on long-term care for the elderly.
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Building up confidence
Reactions to the announcement of 11 new hospital developments, 10 funded by PFI, vary from 'great news' to 'reckless'. Lyn Whitfield reports
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In Brief: PAS system
North Hants trust and Loddon Community trust have ordered a £1.75m PAS system from local supplier SMS. The system includes SMS's clinical and management information system Infocom.
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In Brief: Heart Hospital
London's newly built private hospital, the Heart Hospital, has opened a telemedicine facility in conjunction with Interclinical Telemedicine Network, even before it has begun admitting inpatients. The partnership began receiving live case data in March from the El-Maadi military hospital in Cairo.
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In Brief: United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust
Guernsey's board of health has joined United Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust in installing Computer Associates' Unicenter TNG package for hospital system support.
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In Brief: Denise Platt
Denise Platt, head of social services at the Local Government Association, has been appointed the new chief inspector of the social services inspectorate of the Department of Health. She succeeds Sir Herbert Laming and will take up her new post in July.
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In Brief: David Pace
David Pace has retired as finance director of the South Thames region after a 44-year career in the service. Mr Pace began working at Friern Hospital in 1954 and is believed to be the longest serving finance director in the NHS.
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In Brief: Royal College of Nursing
A trust has been urged to improve night staffing levels after a nurse was threatened with a knife by a disturbed patient. A Cumbrian spokesperson for the Royal College of Nursing said North Lakeland Healthcare trust should improve staffing at Penrith New Hospital after an assault on nurse Lynn Morris.
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In Brief: NHS funding problems
NHS funding problems could be exacerbated by the 'hidden' costs of the UK joining up to a single European currency, argues pressure group London Health Emergency in a pamphlet, EMU and the NHS, published last week, price £2.50.
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In Brief: Guidance for nurses
Guidance for nurses working with mental health and learning disability patients has been produced for the first time by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. It tackles issues such as consent, advocacy, relationships and risk management.
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In Brief: Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trust
Worthing and Southlands Hospitals trust's deficit for 1997-98, was £1m, its board heard last week. Talks are continuing with West Sussex health authority over funding levels for the next 12 months.
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In Brief: National Casemix Office
The National Casemix Office has released the first set of nationally agreed healthcare resource groups for radiotherapy after their joint development over three years with the Royal College of Radiologists. HRGs are designed to help clinicians analyse casemix and understand how resources are being used. The college will assess their ...
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Taken on board
Unwelcome arrivals on some trust boards initially, nurse executives are proving their worth. But keeping a balance between corporate management and professional leadership can be a headache. Ann Dix reports
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In Brief: Public sector benchmarking project
The NHS is to be encouraged to take part in the public sector benchmarking project, whose third phase has been announced by public service minister David Clark. He said the project is designed to help public bodies share best practice more systematically, with the aim of improving public services. An ...
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You've been framed
Proposals for the new performance framework have won the confidence of the NHS - with some reservations. Mark Crail reports
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Bed-manager package could ease shortages
West Suffolk Hospital is beta testing a new Windows software package for planning and monitoring bed use.
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Blood on the carpet as axe falls on Sir Colin
MPs knew as well as anyone else that some sort of showdown was coming over the dear old blood transfusion service ever since the National Blood Authority swept away the 50-year-old patchwork five years ago last week. In the AIDS era blood is a sensitive as well as symbolic commodity.
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In Brief: Audit Commission for England and Wales
A review of the work and role of the Audit Commission for England and Wales has been set up by local government minister Hilary Armstrong.