NHS

Hamish Birchall :: Sat, 13/02/2010 - 13:20

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Unpicking an allergy scare

Last Sunday The Observer published an article headlined “Shock rise in number of fatal a

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 10/02/2010 - 10:34

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Push hard for Christmas

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 21/01/2010 - 16:02

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Safeguarding scheme hit by “double jeopardy” fears

Back in September, I asked the Independent Safeguarding Authority how it had arrived at the figure of 11.3 million adults who would need to be vetted before they could be allowed regular access to children (their own excluded, naturally).

Sheila Bird :: Wed, 20/01/2010 - 10:53

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Nuff said? The Nuffield Trust on healthcare comparisons across the UK

Reservations on today’s report by Nuffield Trust which compares funding and healthcare performance across the UK centre on: Rurality (which not even comparison between Scotland and North East England redresses), Reporting standards, Right measures, Responsiveness, and Repeat attendances.

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 23/12/2009 - 14:52

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Pots and kettles in the NHS

Eight out of ten doctors are concerned about private companies profiting from the National Health Service, according to a poll from the British Medical Association and Doctors.net.uk.

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed, 18/11/2009 - 17:08

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Whiling away the hours in A&E

Want to know how long you’ll have to wait in your local A&E? The NHS Information centre today published a report that uses Hospital Episode Statistics to compare how different trusts perform.

Robert Whiston :: Fri, 13/11/2009 - 18:18

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Born but not properly counted

Whitehall is better armed with data on children who no longer exist than on those that can expect to live for the next 80 years.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 27/10/2009 - 15:22

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False choice over where to give birth

More than 90 per cent of women are denied choice in where they give birth, charges the National Childbirth Trust in a new report.

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 10/09/2009 - 10:26

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NICE confusion over drug uptake

The NHS Information Centre has issued some “experimental statistics” covering the take-up of medicines approved by the National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 27/08/2009 - 10:51

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Conservatives stretch a point over maternity claims

All’s fair in opposition politics, but the Conservatives really pushed the boundaries with their claim that women were being forced to give birth in the lift because of cheeseparing in the NHS.