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Security advice issued
Seeing red can make patients do just that, according to new security advice being issued to hospitals by the government.
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In Brief: The Association for the Prevention of Addiction
A drugs agency has claimed help for addicts should be targeted at older teenagers after a survey identified a 'seven-year gulf' between users starting on drugs and seeking help. The Association for the Prevention of Addiction, which relaunched this week as Addaction, found that, on average, users start taking drugs ...
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Direct action
Health minister Baroness Jay receives advice from nurse Joanne Wersell (centre, wearing headset) and staff from Lancashire Ambulance Service trust.
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In Brief: Public health action plan for Wales
A public health action plan is being developed for Wales and should be issued this autumn, Welsh health minister Win Griffiths said last week. The plan will include targets to improve children's health services.
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Calls for urgent action over sickness levels
A wide-ranging coalition of management and staff organisations has called for 'urgent and compassionate action' to tackle 'worrying' levels of sickness among NHS employees.
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Failing the acid test
What is the point of spending a million pounds a day on research if patients do not benefit, ask critics of the national R&D programme. Barbara Millar investigates
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Each HISS 'to lose average £2m in lifetime'
Even the most successful hospital information support systems (HISS) are set to lose an average of £2m each over their 10-year lifetimes, according to an NHS Executive-commissioned report.
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Reforms 'will fail' without £7bn capital boost
The government will need more than £7bn investment from the private sector to make its NHS reforms work, independent consultants have estimated.
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In Brief: £50,000 resource pack
The Department of Health has launched a £50,000 resource pack aimed at helping trusts to recruit and retain nurses. It includes a promotional video for use in schools and careers advice offices.
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In person
The Royal Marsden trust has appointed Cally Palmer as chief executive. She joins from the Royal Free Hampstead trust, where she is currently deputy chief executive and director of services. Ms Palmer succeeds Phyllis Cunningham CBE, who is leaving at the end of May after 24 years at the hospital.
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Putting paid to the past
MSF's equal-pay claim, based on a landmark ruling from the European Court, could make the NHS overhaul its pay structure, says Lyn Whitfield
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In pursuit of 'therapeutic optimism'
The New Deal could provide a shot in the arm for mental health policy, some experts believe.
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In pursuit of 'therapeutic optimism'
The New Deal could provide a shot in the arm for mental health policy, some experts believe.
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Open to question
Health secretary Frank Dobson last year asked trust chairs to ensure their meetings were open to the public. He believed that the public would 'gain a wider understanding of the constraints and opportunities we face' and 'become more involved in their local health service and have a greater voice in ...
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Money on the move
Has Gordon Brown already been more generous towards the NHS than a Tory chancellor would have been? John Appleby assesses the background to this week's Budget