News – Page 2973
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A CONSPICUOUS BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT ABSENCE
Your report on progress made in protecting patient confidentiality on the NHS network (News, page 5, 18 December) implies that there was some significance in my absence from the launch of the Caldicott report.
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RED TAPE MEASURES
If the government is majoring on performance measurement in its new, modern and dependable NHS, how does it intend to measure and demonstrate the removal of pounds1bn from unnecessary bureaucracy over the next four years?
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IT'S FAR WORSE THAN 'SILLY' TO IGNORE OUR MILLENNIUM PROPOSALS...
The antagonistic reaction from University College London Hospitals trust to our alternative proposal for a 'millennium hospital' (News, page 7, 11 December) may be understandable - but it is not rational, and sadly smacks of 'I have made up my mind, don't confuse me with the facts' type of reasoning.
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... BECAUSE KING'S CROSS SITE HAS GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS AND ROOM TO GROW
It was not surprising that the chief executive of the UCH and Middlesex Hospitals trust was upset at the prospect of a rival redevelopment proposal in the form of a 'millennium hospital' on the King's Cross goods yard site. My surprise is that this trust is still pursuing the idea ...
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THE WHITE ELEPHANT: SYMBOL OF THE CHAOS IN LONDON'S HEALTH SERVICES
Your report about the closure of St Bartholomew’s (News, page 5, 27 November) hints at a large hospital at Whitechapel under the private finance initiative. But this 1,000-plus bed project would be utterly blind to the health needs of east London and its development.
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THE NHS WAS WELL SERVED BY ANGELA SEALEY
In the light of the special report form the select committee on public administration relating to North and Mid Hampshire health authority (News, page 4, 4 December), we as members of a women's health authority chairs' network, felt it important to put on public record our views relating to Angela ...
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WE ARE SIMPLY ARGUING FOR MORE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION - SO DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER
Mike Waterland accuses me of wanting 'centralist planning with minimum public involvement' (Letters, 11 December).
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THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS MARK II (OR CAN WE PRESUME THE NHS AS WE KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE?)
Your leader on the white paper (Comment, 11 December) is, perhaps, too generous to this government in its presumption of the continuation of the NHS as we know it.
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FOR THE RECORD: WHO DOES WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE
We at Shared Medical Systems Ltd read with interest the article 'Chips off the old block' (News Focus, page 12, 4 December).
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A touch of class
A London network of private GP outlets is to be extended to other parts of the country. It is attractive to patients and doctors. But is it elitist? Barbara Millar reports
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Honourable discharge
How is the NHS improving hospital discharge arrangements to cope with winter pressures?