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Sick and tired of the NHS
Stress and rising workloads are blamed for above-average sickness absence in the NHS's own workforce. Mark Crail looks at who needs time off and why
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On the rocks
The proposed closure of London Lighthouse has sent alarm bells ringing throughout the hospice and palliative care movement. Neil Small explains
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Serving time
Is the NHS ready to take on prison healthcare? Patrick Butler reports on the current debate
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The wrong target
The government's pledge to cut numbers on the waiting list by 100,000 is almost certain to fail. And it's the time they have to wait, not the numbers on the list, that patients care about. Richard Hamblin and colleagues explain
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WEB WATCH
What is the world coming to? That bastion of impenetrable bureaucracy, the World Health Organisation, has redesigned its web site, and, for the first time since the Pentagon got the idea of linking up its computers to help it win the third world war, it has become an accessible and ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Security advice issued
Seeing red can make patients do just that, according to new security advice being issued to hospitals by the government.