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1,300 consultants needed for labour ward services
The NHS needs an extra 1,300 consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists to provide adequate labour ward services, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The figures are based on government measures to bring in consultant-based services. The RCOG says 200 extra consultants are needed to meet existing guidelines that ...
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NAO gives National Blood Service mixed review
There are now effective measures in place to ensure that blood is safe for transfusion, but the National Blood Service needs to improve communication with hospitals, address the factors putting people off giving blood and improve its management efficiency, according to the National Audit Office. The NAO says the service ...
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Neurology services failing to meet waiting target
The Liberal Democrats have launched a damning report on neurology services, claiming that only one in five hospitals is able to offer an outpatient appointment within three months and nearly half offering appointments at least six months away. Health spokesman Paul Burstow claims that an extra 200 neurologists are needed ...
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£200m for sterilisation facilities to help combat CJD
The government has announced that £200m will be spent on modernising sterilisation facilities in the NHS over the next two years, to minimise the risk of transmission of variant CJD. The money will be used to provide new sterilisers and washer disinfectors, with £100m in 2001-02 coming from the Department ...
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Delayed charter leaves NHS staff guessing on standards
A revised Patients' Charter - originally due to be published last October - has yet to emerge from the Department of Health, leaving NHS staff in a quandary about exactly what standards they are supposed to be working towards before the spring.
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Cancer collaborative slashes waiting times
Major reductions in waiting times have been achieved by the nine cancer centres taking part in the Cancer Services Collaborative, according to a report by the National Patient Access Team.
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Trust chairs fear Appointments Commission will erode their role
Trust chairs fear that the new NHS Appointments Commission may erode their influence in recommending non-executive members of trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities.
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Those answers to HSJ's Christmas quiz in full. . .
1.Tony Blair. According to Andrew Rawnsley's book Servants of the People, the chancellor was furious at the prime minister's commitment to raise spending on healthcare as a proportion of national income to the European average.
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FAGS 'R ' US
As part of a multi-pronged drive against smoking, one health authority is forging partnerships with a wide range of outlets that sell tobacco.John Middleton and Chris Saxon report
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Out for the count
A new way of coding health statistics will reveal a change in mortality rates in England. Alison Moore reports