All articles by Thelma Agnew – Page 3
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Institute head stands by lab staff survey despite rebuttal
The head of the Institute of Biomedical Science is standing by a survey that claims one in 10 NHS laboratories is using unqualified staff in testing processes, despite putting his name to a Department of Health rebuttal statement.
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Poverty plays a major role in risk of cot death, report says
The largest ever study of cot deaths in the UK has found that babies born into poor families are at a far greater risk than those born to better-off parents.
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GPs alienated by fast roll-out of NHS Direct
The rapid implementation of NHS Direct has alienated many GPs and may hinder its future development, according to a study of London s first two schemes.
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Scots ambulances get priority system after target failures
Scotland's ambulance service is set to introduce a priority despatch system following a National Audit Office finding that just one in three Glasgow ambulances reached a 999 incident within seven minutes, against a target of one in two.
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Government stalls on long term care again
The government's decision on who should fund long-term care has been put off until next summer - more than a year after a royal commission recommended that the state should foot the bill.
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NHS told 'don't give up' on social services
Health authorities and trusts have been urged not to give up on poorly performing social services departments, following health minister John Hutton’s announcement that 17 are failing so badly they are on an ‘at risk’ register.
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Milburn calls for new outpatient efficiency
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told trusts they must implement a new programme to improve the management of outpatient services and cut waiting times.
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Down on the farm
An outreach service for a rural population which finds conventional health services inaccessible has made pleasing progress, reports Thelma Agnew
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Ship-shape, not Bristol fashion
The Royal Brompton Hospital was exonerated after an inquiry into its paediatric surgery, but dealing with the allegations was costly. Thelma Agnew reports
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Plans for mental health could be hard to deliver, experts predict
Managers could find themselves struggling to deliver the new national service framework for mental health, experts have warned.
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Cash for cancer dogged by Lottery row
A £150m Lottery cash boost for cancer care provoked a row this week as managers called for a more consistent investment programme and a leading cancer specialist accused them of allowing essential machinery to go to 'rack and ruin'.
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'Hatchet woman' of days gone by is appointed to trust board
One of the most controversial figures from the era of the Conservative NHS reforms has staged a surprise comeback by winning a seat on a trust board.
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Executive steps in to prevent GP 'carve-up'
A regional office has stepped in to prevent a health authority paying GPs to manage a primary care group instead of appointing a chief executive.
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Fixer's trust has bad debts
A top NHS manager drafted in to troubleshoot at a London trust facing a £6m deficit has admitted his own trust has run up a £3m bad debts loss.
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Change in account rules could spell the end for PFI
Strict new accountancy rules will mean the end of the private finance initiative in the health service, it has been predicted.
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Labour warned by academics on drift towards centralisation
Labour looks set to repeat a key Conservative error by imposing heavy-handed central control on the NHS, according to the most comprehensive review yet of the last set of reforms.
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