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:: Friday, December 13, 2002 ::
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New Books @ Fade
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New books @ Fade lists new white literature at Fade
available to our core users from North, Central and South
Liverpool PCTs and South Sefton PCT, anybody else
wishing to borrow material e-mail us and we'll see if we
can help.
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8P3J
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Martindale: the complete drug reference
2002
NWHLIS
London Pharmaceutical Press 2483p. English 0.00
0853694990 Book Hard Copy
PHARMACOPOEIAS
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K6C
Kimmel A.J
Ethics and values in applied social research
1988
NWHLIS
London SAGE Applied Social Research Methods Series 159p.
English 0.00
0803926324 Book Hard Copy
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH/ CASE STUDIES/ ETHICS/ STANDARDS/
CONFIDENTIALITY/ PRIVACY/ MODELS/ EVALUATION/ PSYCHOLOGY/ PSYCHIATRY/
DECISION MAKING
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HLK
Salford and Trafford HA; Trafford Primary Care Group
Proposal for primary care trust status
1999
NWHLIS
Manchester Salford and Trafford HA 64p. English 0.00
Book Hard Copy
PRIMARY CARE TRUST/ SALFORD/ TRAFFORD/ HEALTH IMPROVEMENT/ HEALTH
PROMOTION/ CHANGE
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TKWB
Baron J.M, ; & Kreps D.M
Strategic human resources: framework for general managers
1999
NWHLIS
Chichester John Wiley 602p. English 0.00
0471072532 Book Hard Copy
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/ OUTCOMES/ ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE/
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE/ CHANGE/ MOTIVATION/ EMPLOYMENT/ PSYCHOLOGY/
MANAGEMENT/ LABOUR MARKET/ PERFORMANCE EVALUATION/ MODELS/ JOB
SPECIFICATION/ TRAINING/ JOB PROMOTION/ CONTRACTING OUT/ CONTRACTION
OF SERVICES
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HNV
Brody T.M.; Larner J.; & Minneman K.P
Human pharmacology: molecular to clinical
1998
NWHLIS
London Mosby 3th Edition 1001p. English 0.00
0815124562 Book Hard Copy
PHARMACY/ DRUG THERAPY/ PATIENTS/ GENE THERAPY/ MEDICAL TREATMENT/
DRUG ABUSE/ NERVOUS SYSTEM/ PHYSIOLOGY
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K6C
Bryman A
Quantity and quality in social research
2001
NWHLIS
London Loughborough University English 0.00
0415078989 Book Hard Copy
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH/ QUALITITIVE RESEARCH/ QUANTITIVE RESEARCH/
SOCIOLOGY/ SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY/ MODELS/ RESEARCH METHODS/ CASE STUDIES/
RESEARCH STRATEGIES/ RESEARCH DESIGN/ INNOVATION/ MENTAL DISORDERS/
PATIENTS
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HNV
Carruthers S G
Clinical Pharmacology
2000
NWHLIS
U.S.A McGraw Hill 1432p. English 0.00
0071054065 Book Hard Copy
PHARMACY/ DRUG THERAPY/ NUTRITION/ CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES/
RESPIRITORY DISEASES/ GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES/ KIDNEY DISEASES/
NEUROLOGY/ MENTAL DISORDERS/ ENDOCRINOLOGY/ DERMATOLOGY/ PRESCRIBING/
ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS/ DRUG INTERACTIONS
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TRR
Croft C
Time management
1996
NWHLIS
London International Thomson Business Press 222p. English 0.00
186152224X Book Hard Copy
TIME MANAGEMENT/ PRIORITY SETTING/ PRIORITIES/ DELEGATION/ STRESS/
MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY/ STANDARD SETTING/ MANAGEMENT/ STRATEGIC
PLANNING/ MODELS/ THINKING/ OBJECTIVE SETTING/ WORK STUDY/ PROBLEM
SOLVING/ DECISION MAKING
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TKWB
Dransfeild R
Human resource management
2000
NWHLIS
Oxford Heinemann 121p. English 0.00
0435330446 Book Hard Copy
HUMAN RESOURCES/ MANAGEMENT/ EMPLOYMENT/ RECRUITMENT/ INDUCTION/
TRAINING/ DEVELOPMENT/ PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT/ EMPLOYMENT LAW/ MODELS/
JOB PROMOTION/ COMMUNICATION
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TKWB
Fitz-ends J
How to measure human resource management
2002
NWHLIS
London McGraw Hill 3rd Edition 351p. English 0.00
0071369988 Book Hard Copy
HUMAN RESOURCES/ HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/ MANAGEMENT/ WORKFORCE/
RECRUITMENT/ TRAINING/ ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ OUTCOMES/ EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS/ EMPLOYEES/ EMPLOYERS/ COMMUNICATIONS/ EFFECTIVENESS/
ABSENTEEISM/ PERSONEL MANAGERS/ PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT/ DEVELOPMENT/
ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE/ STAFF
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TKWB
Fitz J .; & Phillips J.J
New vision for human resources: defining the human resources function
by its results
1998
NWHLIS
London CRISP 119p. English 0.00
156052488X Book Hard Copy
HUMAN RESOURCES/ HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/ MANAGEMENT/ DATA
ANALYSIS/ LEADERSHIP/ COSTS/ QUALITY/ BENCHMARKING/ MANAGEMENT SKILLS/
CHANGE MANAGEMENT/ RECRUITMENT/ EVALUATION/ QUESTIONNAIRES/ SURVEYS
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HNV
Foster R.W
Basic pharmacology
2001
NWHLIS
London Arnald 569p. English 0.00
0750621982 Book Hard Copy
DRUG THERAPY/ PHARMACY/ PRESCRIBING/ ASTHMA/ DRUGS/ ANAESTHESIA/
ENDOCRINOLOGY/ NERVOUS SYSTEM/ POISONING
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6C
Girden E.R
Evaluating research articles: from start to finish
2001
NWHLIS
London Sage Publications 369p. English 0.00
0761922148 Book Hard Copy
RESEARCH/ CRITICAL APPRAISAL/ CASE STUDIES/ RESEARCH DESIGN/
STATISTICAL METHODS/ EVALUATION
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HSQ
Haddad L.M; Shannon M.W.; & Winchester J.F
Clinical management of poisoning and drug overdose
1998
NWHLIS
London W.B Saunders 1257p. English 0.00
0721664091 Book Hard Copy
POISONING/ CLINICAL MANAGMENT/ NEUROLOGY/ SUICIDE/ DRUG INTERACTIONS/
DRUG OVERDOSING/ TOXICITY/ AMPETAMINES/ ANALGESICS/ METAL POISONING/
PESTICIDE POISONING
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HRI
Hawker J et al
Communicable disease control handbook
2001
NWHLIS
London Blackwell Science 362p. English 0.00
0632056495 Book Hard Copy
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES/ EUROPEAN UNION/ INFECTION CONTROL/ HANDBOOKS
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8P3J
Henry J.A
New guide to medicines and drugs
2001
NWHLIS
London BMA 496p. English 0.00
0751327379 Book Hard Copy
DIRECTORIES/ DRUGS
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HLK
Hobbs R .; & Bradley C
Prescribing in primary care
1988
NWHLIS
Oxford Oxford Medical Publications 208p. English 0.00
0192626876 Book Hard Copy
PRIMARY CARE/ PRESCRIBING/ MARKETING/ OUTCOMES/ GENERAL PRACTICE
FUNDHOLDING/ NHS REFORMS/ HOMOEOPATHY/ CLINICAL TRIALS/ PHARMACISTS/
OUTCOMES/ COST EFFECTIVENESS/ GENERAL PRACTITIONERS/ NURSES/ HOSPITALS
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TRR
Jay R
Time management
2002
NWHLIS
Oxford Capstone 102p. English 0.00
1841122548 Book Hard Copy
TIME MANAGEMENT/ THINKING/ MANAGEMENT/ CASE STUDIES/ ELECTRONIC MAIL/
INTERNET/ FLEXIBLE WORKING/ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/ DELEGATION/
OBJECTIVE SETTING/ PROBLEM SOLVING/ MOTIVATION/ PRIORITIES/ CHANGE/
COMMUNICATION/ EFFECTIVENESS
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TRR
Jones K
Self development programme time management
1998
NWHLIS
London Marshall Publishing 95p. English 0.00
1840281324 Book Hard Copy
TIME MANAGEMENT/ MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY/ TIME ACTIVITY STUDY/ WORK
STUDY/ MANAGEMENT/ PSYCHOLOGY/ EVALUATION/ SELF ASSESSMENT/
MOTIVATION/ PROBLEM SOLVING/ OBJECTIVE SETTING/ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/
STRESS/ QUESTIONNAIRES/ STANDARD SETTING/ ACTION PLANS/ DELEGATION/
MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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HNV
Katzung B.G
Basic and clinical pharmacology
2001
NWHLIS
U.S.A McGraw Hill Eighth Edition 1217p. English 0.00
0071179682 Book Hard Copy
PHARMACY/ DRUG THERAPY/ DRUG INTERACTIONS/ DRUGS/ ADVERSE DRUG
REACTIONS/ NERVOUS SYSTEM/ ENDOCRINE THERAPY/ TOXICOLOGY/ MODELS
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HSQQ
Klaassen C.D
Casarett and Doull's Toxicology the basic science of poisons
2001
NWHLIS
London McGraw Hill 1236p English 0.00
0071347216 Book Hard Copy
TOXICOLOGY/ RISK ASSESSMENT/ NERVOUS SYSTEM/ RESPIRATORY SYSTEM/
ENDOCRINE THERAPY/ AIR POLLUTION/ EVALUATION
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TRR
Lomas B
Easy step to step guide to stress and time management
2000
NWHLIS
Hampshire Rowmark 120p. English 0.00
0953298736 Book Hard Copy
TIME MANAGEMENT/ MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY/ STRESS/ DELEGATION/ PROBLEM
SOLVING/ DECISION MAKING/ TIME ACTIVITY STUDY/ WORK STUDY/ MANAGEMENT/
OBJECTIVE SETTING/ MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS/ PRIORITIES/ PRIORITY
SETTING/ THINKING/ STANDARD SETTING
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HMW
Mason D.J,; Leavitt J.K.; & Chaffee M.W
Policy and politics in nursing and health care
2002
NWHLIS
USA Saunders 824p. English 0.00
0721695345 Book Hard Copy
NURSING/ POLITICS/ POLICY ANALYSIS/ COMMUNICATION/ ETHICS/ USA/ HEALTH
POLICY/ MENTAL HEALTH/ ECONOMIC POLICY/ ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE/ CASE
MANAGEMENT/ CHANGE MANAGEMENT/ NURSING RESEARCH/ LEGISLATION/
GOVERNMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ COLLABORATION/ COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES/ ADVOCACY/ ASTHMA
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QAEK
Mayo M
Communities and caring: the mixed economy of welfare
1994
NWHLIS
London Macmillan Press Ltd 242p. English 0.00
03356751X Book Hard Copy
WELFARE STATE/ SOCIAL ECONOMICS/ SOCIAL REFORM/ SOCIAL WELFARE/
POLITICS/ ECONOMIC POLICY/ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ TRAINING/ EMPLOYMENT/
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
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TRR
Moreganstern J
Time management from the inside out: the foolproof system for taking
control of your schedule and your life
2000
NWHLIS
London Hodder & Stoughton 239p. English 0.00
0340771380 Book Hard Copy
TIME MANAGEMENT/ MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY/ TIME ACTIVITY STUDY/ WORK
STUDY/ MANAGEMENT/ PSYCHOLOGY/ EVALUATION/ SELF ASSESSMENT/
MOTIVATION/ DELEGATION/ ACTION PLANS/ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/ STANDARD
SETTING/ MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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HSQ
Oslon K.R
Poisoning and drug overdose
1994
NWHLIS
USA McGraw Hill 3 Edition 612p. English 0.00
0838502601 Book File
POISONING/ DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT/ EVALUATION/ TOXICOLOGY/ DIAGNOSIS
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HNV
Page C
Integrated pharmacology
2002
NWHLIS
London Mosby International Ltd 671p. English 0.00
072343221X Book Hard Copy
DRUG THERAPY/ PHARMACY/ CLASSIFICATIONS SYSTEMS/ DRUGS/ DRUG
INTERACTIONS/ PATHOGENS/ CANCER/ ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS/ CASE STUDIES/
DENTISTRY/ NUTRITION/ ANESTHESIA
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TKWB
Phillips J.J,; Stone R.D.; & Phillips P.P
Human resources scorecard: measuring the return on investment
2001
NWHLIS
Oxford Butterworth Heinemann 518p. English
0877199673 Book Hard Copy
HUMAN RESOURCES/ COST EFFECTIVNESS/ WORKFORCE/ LABOUR ECONOMICS/
SEXUAL HARASSMENT/ STRESS MANAGEMENT/ ABSENTEEISM/ LEADERSHIP
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HNV
Rang H.P.; Dale M.M.; & Ritter J.M.
Pharmacology
2000
NWHLIS
London Churchill Livingstone 4th Edition 830p. English 0.00
0443059748 Book Hard Copy
DRUG THERAPY/ PHARMACY/ DRUG INTERACTIONS/ NERVOUS SYSTEMS/ ADVERSE
DRUG REACTIONS/ MODELS/ CLINICAL TRIALS
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HNV
Reid J.L.; Rubin P.C.; & Whiting B
Clinical pharmacology
2001
NWHLIS
London Blackwell Science 318p. English 0.00
0632050772 Book Hard Copy
DRUG THERAPY/ BREAST FEEDING/ ELDERLY PEOPLE/ RESPIRATORY DISEASES/
PSYCHIATRY/ NEUROLOGY/ POISONING/ ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS/
PRESCRIPTIONS/ ENDOCRINE THERAPY/ ANAESTHESIA/ PAIN MANAGEMENT/ DRUG
OVERDOSING/ DRUGS/ DRUG ABUSE
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HNVMQ
Rubin P
Prescribing in pregnancy
2000
NWHLIS
London BMJ Books 3th Edition 198p. 0.00
0727914499 Book Hard Copy
PRESCRIPTION WRITING/ CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES/ PREGNANCY/
ENDOCRINOLOGY/ RHEUMATOLOGY/ EPILEPSY/ ASTHMA/ DIABETES/
BREASTFEEDING/ MEDICAL TREATMENT
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6CV
Tufte E.R
Visual display of quantitative information
2001
NWHLIS
Cheshire Graphic Press 2nd Edition 197p. English 0.00
0961392142 Book Hard Copy
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS/ QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH/ STATISTICAL DATA/
GRAPHICAL DESIGNERS/ GRAPHICAL MATERIAL/ GRAPHICAL METHODS/ DATA
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JTC
Wood K
Chartership reader
2000
NWHLIS
Kent Career Development Group 65p. English 0.00
1901353060 Book Hard Copy
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION/ CAREER DEVELOPMENT/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ REPORT WRITING/ JOB SPECIFICATION/
MENTORING/ EDUCATION/ LIBRARIES/ TRAINING
:: Kieran 7:05 AM [+] ::
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Another 15 Minutes... Health News via Fade
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£8bn windfall for NHS in North West
Merseyside, Cheshire and West Lancashire have received almost £8bn of government cash to spend on health services across the region.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Births outside marriage rise to 40%
Births outside marriage have increased over the past 10 years from 30% to 40% of all children born in England and Wales.
The Guardian 13/12/02
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Blair salutes nurse for trip
A Liverpool nurse won praise from Tony Blair after she made a 400-mile round trip to confront him about the problems in her hospital.
Daily Post 13/12/02
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Call for ban on sex choice clinics
Three sex selection clinics were accused yesterday of encouraging Indian couples to seek boy children rather than girls through adverts aimed at the Punjabi community.
The Guardian 13/12/02
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Call for TB and HIV tests on all immigrants
The former head of the government agency responsible for controlling diseases in Britain is calling for medical tests for immigrants before they are allowed into the country.
The Times 13/12/02
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Diet can cut cancer deaths by a third
Up to a third of deaths from cancer and heart disease could be prevented by a better diet, the Government claimed yesterday as it announced plans to encourage greater consumption of fruit and vegetables.
Independent 13/12/02
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Drive to increase HIV drug access
A drive has been launched to increase the number of people with HIV/Aids in the developing world who get access to potentially life-prolonging drugs.
BBC Health 12/12/02
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Government turns up the mood music in battle for quieter cities
The last major initiative the government took on noise was an attempt to overturn the European court's decision that a good night's sleep was a human right and that planes should not be allowed to land or take off at Heathrow between 11.30pm and 6am
The Guardian 13/12/02
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Health study 'discredited by secret tobacco plot'
The tobacco industry set out to discredit a landmark study linking passive smoking to cancer by commissioning rival research and then seeking to hide its involvement, a leading medical journal claims.
Independent 13/12/02
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Here's a healthy little French white wine
Throwing out a timely straw to drinkers drowning in a sea of festive booze, French researchers say they have devised a white wine with nearly all the much-hyped health benefits of red.
The Guardian 12/12/02
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How numbers fail to paint true picture of the NHS
Hospital productivity is plummeting as the government pours billions of pounds extra into the National Health Service, figures released by the Department of Health suggest.
Financial Times 13/12/02
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Hospitals buck the trend on baby rate
Birth rate trends in Merseyside and Cheshire are sending mixed messages, according to a report released yesterday.
Daily Post 13/12/02
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Hospital not to blame for three cliff deaths
An inquiry into the deaths of three psychiatric patients who jumped to their deaths from a Devon cliff has announced that no one was to blame.
The Guardian 13/12/02
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Incapacity benefit cases rise by 25% among young
The number of youngsters claiming incapacity benefit has risen by 25 per cent in the past year, it was revealed yesterday. The increase in under-25 claimants was in contrast to an overall rise of just 1.7 per cent, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.
Financial Times 13/12/02
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Jogging is back in the running
Jogging has been the subject of many medical scare stories in recent years. It has been blamed for everything from sagging breasts to premature wrinkles and damaged joints, and has even been cited as a fast route to a heart attack.
The Times 13/12/02
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Labour 'failing' on targets to reduce poverty
The government did not meet its targets for reducing poverty in Tony Blair's first term and will fail again in the second if it does not alter its policies, say academic estimates published yesterday by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The Guardian 12/12/02
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Labour heads for revolt on foundation hospitals
The government was last night heading for confrontation with at least 80 Labour backbenchers after Alan Milburn, the health secretary, made no new concessions to calm a growing parliamentary mutiny over his plan for foundation hospitals.
The Guardian 12/12/02
Financial Times 13/12/02
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Milburn accused of creating 'phantom' flu crisis
Alan Milburn, the Secretary of State for Health, was accused yesterday of creating a "phantom" flu epidemic three years ago to disguise NHS bed shortages.
Independent 13/12/02
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Milburn to pay surgeons for extra operations
Alan Milburn is to break with more than 50 years of National Health Service tradition and pay surgeons and anaesthetists extra for each extra patient they operate on in an attempt to hit the government's targets for cutting waiting time. The health secretary is to create the incentive payments by using the £250m he saved after consultants in England rejected a new contract.
Financial Times 13/12/02
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Rewards for 'green' farmers
The government has unveiled its new strategy for food and agriculture, which encourages farmers to become more enterprising and environmentally friendly.
BBC Health 12/12/02
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Smallpox jabs for 11m Americans
The White House will announce today the start of a programme to vaccinate up to 11 million Americans against smallpox as part of the next stage of the US "war on terror" and the threat of biological and chemical weapons.
The Guardian 13/12/02
Financial Times 13/12/02
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Superbug deaths on the increase
The hospital "superbug", a form of bacterial infection resistant to most antibiotics, appears to be responsible for a steadily increasing number of deaths, according to a new study.
The Guardian 13/12/02
Independent 13/12/02
Financial Times 13/12/02
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This may hurt a little
Kinder words Granger had for current NHS computer systems were "crap" and "ridiculous". He singled out for incompetence two of the largest IT companies working in the public sector.
The Guardian 12/12/02
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Threat to baby unit
Fazakerley's maternity unit could close as part of plans to streamline women's health services in Liverpool, the Daily Post can reveal.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Tourist 'critical' after developing DVT
A father-of-five is critically ill in hospital on Majorca after developing a blood clot in his leg.
The Guardian 13/12/02
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Transsexuals to get legal recognition of new genders
Ministers have unveiled plans to allow transsexuals to get legal recognition of their new genders. The Lord Chancellor's Department is to make the historic announcement following July's landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
The Guardian 13/12/02
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'We'll strike again' warning
Staff at two Wirral hospitals last night revealed they would strike again within the next seven days. Workers also vowed to continue with industrial action until their pay demands are met.
Daily Post 12/12/02
:: Kieran 4:25 AM [+] ::
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Une valise a ses cotés - Today's Grey Literature
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Freshly picked to day is the white paper from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Strategy for sustainable farming and food: facing the future which sets out how businesses, Government and consumers can work together to secure a profitable and internationally competitive future for our food and farming industries, whilst contributing to a better environment and improved nutrition and public health.
The Department of Health offer advice on Training and Preparing Nurse Prescribers outlining the procedure and current status of the training of nurse prescribers. In addition they are offering an accredited training programme in Managing complaints for Service Improvement. All of this training should result in Raising Standards Across the NHS: A programme of rewards and support for all NHS trusts . This document codifies the support that all parts of the NHS will get to improve the performance of local health services. The aim is to raise standards everywhere. Introduces the wonderful concept of 'earned autonomy'!
Barely a day's gone by recently without the papers mentioning Foundation Trusts (the place that 'earned autonomy' will be wielded in it's purest form) so it's great that A guide to NHS Foundation Trusts has been published. This document introduces the principles behind NHS Foundation Trusts, and explains such issues as governance, legislation, finance, employment and education. NHS Foundation Trusts: Eligibility Criteria and Timetable details the application process for Trusts to be come Foundation Trusts. NHS Foundation Trusts will be part of the NHS, and subject to NHS systems of inspection. They will treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and NHS standards, but they will be controlled and run locally, not nationally. NHS Foundation Trusts will be part of the NHS, and subject to NHS systems of inspection. They will treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and NHS standards, but they will be controlled and run locally, not nationally. NHS Foundation Trusts will be at the cutting edge of the Government’s wider reform programme for the public services, with the freedom to improve services for NHS patients without interference from Whitehall.
For the medics there are new Terms and conditions of service of hospital medical and dental staff and doctors in public health medicine and the community health service (England and Wales). This handbook details the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff and doctors in Public Health Medicine and the Community Health Service in England and Wales. It incorporates all amendments agreed between the Secretary of State and the medical and dental professions as at 1 September 2002.
:: Kieran 11:30 PM [+] ::
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She Dazzled Me with Basil - Random Jottings
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Just added a sitemeter webcounter just to see if anyone other than me is reading this thing (even I don't read it I just scribble it). Mind you it helps when you post the html in the right place on your template to get the button appearing where you want it. Still it'd be well boring if these things went to plan all the time.
:: Kieran 2:08 AM [+] ::
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Another 15 Minutes... Health News via Fade
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£148bn for 'new era of hospitals'
The Government has unveiled a £148 billion investment in primary care trusts and outlined how foundation hospitals will create a "new era" of public ownership.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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£3million compensation for man brain-damaged at birth
A man left brain-damaged at birth following a hospital error has received approval for £3 million compensation. Richard Coman, 38, suffered asphyxia in the womb during his birth at West Norwich Hospital in March 1964, leaving him severely disabled for life.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Almost 40% of Scotland's wards are understaffed
The Scottish Executive will be forced on the defensive over its running of the NHS again today when a report says that almost 40 per cent of hospital wards in the country are understaffed.
The Times 12/12/02
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Baby kept on hospital trolley for 16 hours
A leading children's hospital is investigating why an 11-month-old baby was kept waiting on a hospital trolley for 16 hours. The chief executive of the Diana, Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, said it regretted "unreservedly" the delay in finding Ben Lander a suitable bed.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Beware the killer chill
During Stephen Fry’s childhood, and until a couple of years ago, his family lived in a Victorian architectural masterpiece at Booton in Norfolk. It was designed by Whitwell Elwin but, beautiful and interesting as it was, it had no central heating and the family ran from one roaring fire to another to keep warm. Marianne Fry, Stephen’s mother, had chilblains throughout the winter. Two years ago when she and Alan Fry felt that they would soon be too old to sprint around the house, they moved to a smaller, older but renovated barn with central heating and draughtless windows. Since the move, Marianne, for the first time for as long as she can recall, has no chilblains.
The Times 12/12/02
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Bush to make smallpox vaccinations available for all
President George W Bush says he will make the smallpox vaccine available to all Americans on a voluntary basis to guard against a bio-terrorist attack.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Councils' performance ratings pile on pressure to improve
The first full assessment of local councils' performance has been published, highlighting the worst authorities and praising the best. Yesterday's report by the Audit Commission blew apart much of the received wisdom of what makes a council good or bad. Deprivation - poverty, unemployment and ill health - was shown to have only a weak link to whether councils do well or perform badly.
Financial Times 12/12/02
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Customs' haul of cigarettes and alcohol sold on streets illegally
Stockpiles of cigarettes and alcohol seized by Customs and Excise are being illegally sold at street markets, according to the Government's spending watchdog.
Independent 12/12/02
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Domestic violence victims to get more refuges
The prime minister, Tony Blair, today launched a new campaign to reduce the number of women and children made homeless as a result of domestic violence.
The Guardian 11/12/02
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Fears about tiers
Opponents of the government's reforms in health and education say the result will be to widen the gap between the best and worst hospitals and schools. Good - if the reforms did not help the best to get better, there would be no point in them. The real test of the government's policies is whether they are able to help the weakest to follow the lead of the best and raise standards for everyone.
Financial Times 12/12/02
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Fears over asylum hostel
A row has broken out over claims that a former old people's home is to be used to house asylum seekers. Cavendish House in Kirk-dale, previously a council-run home for the elderly, closed earlier in the year.
Daily Post 11/12/02
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Government to offer greater childcare support
Ministers today launched the Sure Start unit to promote a joined up approach to childcare, early years education and family and health support in England. It will have a budget of £1.5bn by 2005/06.
The Guardian 11/02/02
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If all you want for Christmas is your two front teeth...
There has been discussion among dental surgeons as to how Gallagher was able to bare his smile to the crowd without displaying a hideous gap as a memento of his brawl. Lesser men, to whom looks are not so important, might have made do with a temporary plate, but this would be impossible for a singer.
The Times 12/12/02
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Man died after swallowing teeth
A man choked to death after swallowing his dentures as he ate a bacon sandwich, an inquest heard yesterday. Robert Peter Tinkler, 64, was discovered lying dead in bed by staff at the Knowsley Road Residential Home in Rock Ferry where he lived.
Daily Post 11/12/02
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Milburn sets out rise in NHS spending
Alan Milburn detailed a three-year 30 per cent rise in cash spending on the NHS yesterday as official figures showed that a 20 per cent increase in the past two years had produced only marginal improvement in hospital activity.
Financial Times 12/12/02
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New breast cancer drug 'keeps women disease-free longer'
Researchers say a new breast cancer drug enables women to remain disease-free for longer than the current "gold standard" treatment. The British-led ATAC trial is the largest breast cancer treatment study conducted and its latest results are being presented at a symposium in Texas.
Daily Post 12/12/02
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Scientist implanted fake embryos to pay off debts
An embryologist was found guilty yesterday of carrying out bogus fertility treatment on eight women as part of a scam to pay off his debts.
Independent 12/12/02
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Strike chaos for Wirral hospitals
Two of Merseyside's biggest hospitals were thrown into chaos today (Wednesday, December 11) as 1,500 workers went on strike over pay. The 24 hour strike is the first in a number of planned walkouts over what they describe as a discriminatory 'two tier' pay structure.
Liverpool Echo 12/12/02
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TB or not TB, that is the winter cough question
Do reports of a resurgence of TB mean that a dreadful chest cold could be the Victorian killer? Has your BCG immunity worn off?
The Times 12/12/02
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Top up on folic acid
Folic acid is one of the vitamins that protects people against coronary heart disease, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and strokes, but an adequate intake is not solely dependent on an ability to overcome a schooldays’ loathing of soggy cabbage and overcooked Brussels sprouts. A small 0.8mg pill of folic acid taken daily will lower homocysteine levels and reduce the risk of these diseases. To achieve the same effect by eating green vegetables would involve eating platters of sprouts or black bags full of lettuces.
The Times 12/12/02
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White wine takes on red in health campaign
Red wine drinkers, whose smugness at the fact that their tipple is both tasty and healthy has for so long irritated aficionados of the white grape, could be in for a surprise. A white wine called Paradoxe Blanc is available commercially after being developed to fight the health PR war being won by red wine.
Independent 12/12/02
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Busy people at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister they've just released Homelessness Statistics: September 2002. The homelessness statistics represents the number of households who approached local authorities and were found to be homeless through no fault of their own and to have a priority need for help. A perfect partner for Addressing the health needs of rough sleepers: a paper to the Homelessness Directorate. This report presents the findings from a project commissioned by the Government's Rough Sleepers Unit in 2000 to assist policy development in primary care health for homeless people who sleep rough. Related if only tenuosly is Provision of Accommodation and Support for Households Experiencing Domestic Violence in England. This research aimed to explore how local housing authorities catered for the accommodation and support needs of women and their children who had been accepted as homeless due to domestic violence, and the role of local refuge groups in meeting these needs.
HM Treasury have issued a consultation paper Transfer of audit responsibility for the Special Health Authorities from the Audit Commission to the Comptroller and Auditor General. Details Government is proposals to modernise the audit arrangements for the special health authorities (SHA). Informs that to do so the Government is preparing an Order which would have the effect of transferring the Audit Commission's existing responsibilities for the financial audit of SHAs to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
For those involved in education the Department of Education and Skills have produced Potential Mature Student Recruitment to Higher Education: Research report and Potential Mature Student Recruitment to Higher Education: Research brief which draw upon statistical analyses and modelling of HESA and UCAS data in relation to mature students, and Labour Force Survey data in relation to mature non-participants. Additional smaller data sets are also referred to. Analyses are supplemented by a review of literature relating to mature students.
For those that love to count the Department of Health have provided Hospital Episode Statistics: Admitted patient data for 2001-02 to provide information on admitted patient care delivered by NHS hospitals in England.
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National Institute for Mental Health in England: role and function Department of health document detailing the role and function of the National Institute for Mental Health in England.
Improving the flow of emergency admissions: key questions and action steps
Among the toughest challenges we face is ensuring people can access appropriate emergency services when they need them, and reducing the delays they often
experience in receiving emergency care – especially those whose condition is urgent, but not life threatening. Gives examples of good practice in this area
Work of the Agency: information for NHS Organisations This paper gives you some background information about the NHS Modernisation Agency – what they do, who they are, where they're based, who they work with and how they function. It also explains how you can
get the most from them.
Improvement in NHS practice Annual report detailing some examples of good practice highlighted by the Modernisation Agency.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Process mapping, analysis and redesign Guide that introduces the 'Model for Improvement’. This is a framework for setting aims, identifying the possible changes and beginning to think about measures that will show that your changes have made an improvement. Then there is the vital first stage of mapping your chosen patient process and analysing it to really understand what is happening.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Matching capacity and demand Matching capacity and demand has led to some of the most exciting changes in a healthcare process. This guide explains the most effective ways to understand the capacity and demand of a service and the ‘bottlenecks’ in the system which often cause patients to wait. It goes on to suggest ideas to reduce or eliminate these queues and waiting lists for patients. It is vital that process mapping and analysis is done prior to using this guide.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Measurement for improvementGuide to measurement of the impact of change. This guide should also be considered very early on in an improvement project and gives valuable advice on what and how to measure for improvement and how to present the data to interested parties.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Sustainability and Spread It is fundamentally important that after making improvements they are sustainedand built upon. This is a real challenge to anyone involved in improvement projects. It is also important that we share our learning and ideas with other areas of healthcare so that the maximum number of patients can benefit. This guide suggests methods and principles based on experience from healthcare both in England and beyond for sustaining and spreading improvement ideas.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Involving patients and carers Patients must be be involved in improvement programmes and projects from the very beginning. We are able to offer advice based on current thinking and experience of how to involve patients and carers in the most effective way, with warnings of possible pitfalls.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Managing the human dimensions of change: working with individuals This guide gives ideas of how to ensure the best possible outcome when working with different people.
Improvement Leaders’ Guide to Setting up a Collaborative Programme Experience has shown that working collaboratively produces the best environment for creating and sharing improvement ideas. Use this guide when a group of healthcare staff want to work in a different way, to innovate and test new models of delivering care, to dramatically improve the service for a group of patients and to create learning for their own organisation and the whole of the NHS.
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What is grey literature?
It is literature not available from commercial publishers and it consists of publications with little or no general distribution. These documents are often difficult to identify and acquire through normal bookselling channels and, for this reason, are referred to as ‘grey literature’. Other terms, such as 'non-conventional' or 'semi-published' are also used to describe it. Grey literature is the material that all health bodies generate for internal use and is therefore a repository of best practice.
What is white literature?
It is literature available from commercial publishers that has general distribution.
It has an ISBN, it can't be grey literature.
We tend to take Auger's definition of grey literature as our touchstone. "All types of literature not available through the normal bookselling channels, including reports, trade literature, translations and ad hoc publications." Some of this may have an ISBN and therefore we feel it is not a reliable indcation of an items greyness. In other words grey literature can be seen as information resources that are not always easily available.
What is the value of grey literature?
Grey literature is really a type of informal communication, which on a scale of formality, fits in somewhere between conversation and normal publication. A formal publication may follow later but in many cases - contrary to the common assumption - these papers may not been made publicly available at all. Nevertheless, grey publications may contain comprehensive, concrete and up-to-date information on research findings, and investigations have shown, that even when grey documents are published officially at a later stage, detailed information on techniques, methods, measured values and details of experiments are frequently omitted.
For these details of importance for further research, the non-conventional literature is then the first and only source of information.
What is the impact of the web on grey literature?
Recently, an increasing number of documents are published on the world-wide web and can therefore be easily accessed if the web address is known. As with printed grey publications, such electronic documents are difficult to detect or originate from unconventional publishing sources.
Why does Fade say it's grey and white literature to go?
Although we provide the North West Grey Literature Service, we also hold stocks of white literature. It's to go because for our core users we are about remote delivery, they don't come to us we send material to the place they work.
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A Question of Health: Wine keeps me awake
I have had an increasing problem over the last few years. Intake of even a moderate amount of alcohol means that I sleep for only two or three hours then spend the rest of the night wide awake. I keep reading how beneficial wine is for older people and would love to take advantage. Is there any way I can counteract the effect? I already drink water when I do have wine.
Independent 11/12/02
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Anglican Cathedral prepares for Christmas with Ken Dodd
Comedian Ken Dodd is joining hundreds of health workers tonight for a Christmas service at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. It starts at 7.30 if you want to go.
Daily Post 11/12/02
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Breast cancer charities defend NHS screening
Cancer charities insisted women should continue going for breast screening yesterday despite suggestions from one of the pioneers of the NHS programme that it should be scrapped.
Independent 11/12/02
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Breast check a life-saver, say doctors
Cancer experts on Merseyside last night urged women to take up potentially life-saving breast screening, despite it coming under renewed criticism from a founder of the NHS programme.
Daily Post 11/12/02
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Backtrack over foundation hospitals
A strict limit will be put on the number of private patients who can be treated at new-style foundation hospitals in a retreat designed to win round Labour backbenchers hostile to the controversial initiative.
The Times 11/12/02
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Consumer watchdog warns over health testing kits
The Consumers' Association called yesterday for the immediate withdrawal of four medical home testing kits that are giving misleading readings of people's state of health.
The Guardian 10/12/02
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Creche course
A somewhat unusual scene is set out at the Gloucester nursery in Southwark, south London. Ten teenagers aged 15-17 are playing quietly and patiently with 40 or so toddlers who surround them. An atmosphere of relative calmness pervades the room. This is Teens and Toddlers, an innovative and successful teenage pregnancy prevention project based on providing the actual experiences of parenting.
The Guardian 11/12/02
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IVF clinics face checks after series of scandals
The fertility watchdog is to conduct spot checks on IVF clinics to make sure they are not mixing up embryos, assaulting patients by performing unnecessary surgery or inseminating women with the wrong sperm.
Independent 11/12/02
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Meeting debates ID cards controversy
Under proposals issued by Home Secretary David Blunkett people will be unable to use services like the NHS, schools or libraries without the "entitlement cards".
Daily Post 11/12/02
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Milburn tries to defuse row over 'two-tier' hospitals
Alan Milburn will try to quell Labour's simmering row over the formation of prestige hospitals today by insisting no NHS trusts will be left to "sink or swim".
Independent 11/12/02
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More dangerous than heroin
A leading mental health expert now believes cannabis can cause schizophrenia, fuelling debate about legalisation.
The Times 11/12/02
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Streets behind
Helping the homeless used to be all about beds and blankets. But while the focus is now on lasting solutions, resources remain poor for tackling the key issue - drug abuse. Alison Benjamin reports
The Guardian 11/12/02
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The big leap... Occupational therapy
A weekly guide for those who want to make a complete career change.
The Guardian 10/12/02
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The listening leader
The mental health charity Mind has appointed David Henry as its new chair. The 46-year-old social worker, a diversity adviser at Rampton special hospital, is the charity's first black chair and one of very few black leaders in the voluntary sector.
The Guardian 11/12/02
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Tobacco giants lose warnings battle
The government's anti-smoking drive received a boost today as tobacco companies lost their fight against the imposition of hard-hitting health warnings on cigarette packs.
The Guardian 10/12/02
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Union chiefs criticise fast-track surgery plan
Union leaders yesterday attacked government plans to invite private healthcare companies to provide more than 25 "fast-track" surgery centres to treat NHS patients just a day after Tony Blair warned them that they had to accept more private sector involvement in public services.
Financial Times 11/12/02
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Workplace stress blamed as sick-day rate doubles
An epidemic of workplace stress has caused a near-doubling of days taken off sick by employees, according to a government study.
Financial Times 11/12/02
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Can't remember if I mentioned it or not but we now have the groovy comments feature from Haloscan, my experiments on my other blog paid off and we can use it serously here. Now comment damn you!
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As I share the views of Noll Cromwell with regard to Christmas the library will be open throughout the festive seasson whenever it isn't a Bank Holiday. So if you're bored, near Liverpool and want a chat about the wonders of grey literature you will find:
23/12/02 - Clair and Tracy
24/12/02 - Clair
27/12/02 - Kieran
30/12/02 - Kieran and Tracy
31/12/02 - Kieran and Tracy
02/01/02 - Kieran, Clair and Tracy
03/01/02 - Kieran, Clair and Tracy
Normal opening hours will apply (although Clair will undoubtedly be thrown out of the building kicking and screaming early on Christmas Eve because they have a strange tradition of shutting the building early).
If you have any queries just mail one of us and we'll atempt to make sense out of the situation.
Finally a happy solstice to one and all...... Bah Humbug!
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The Cabinet Office Strategy Unit have produced Addictive behaviour: a review of research. This paper is a revised version of one prepared as background for a Strategy Unit seminar on addictive behaviour.
As refugees from the former Corporate Affairs Directorate the library has a keen interest in corporate governance to to our delight the Office of Government Commerce
have produced a new version of Delivering World-Class Consultancy Services to the Public Sector: A statement of best practice. This sets out 'must do' principles for public sector buyers and private sector suppliers of consultancy services, covering the entire procurement cycle. It is written by the Office of Government Commerce, the National Audit Office, the Management Consultancies Association and the Institute of Management Consultancy.
However being refugees doesn't mean we don't have a happy new home in informatics so for our new home the Department of Health have provided Information Management and Technology Technical Schedule: Improvement, expansion and reform. This schedule provides information about the high level tasks for information management technology (IMandT) and provides links to the further detail required to produce the IMandT element of local development planning. It reflects the re-focussed priorities of the Director General of information technology for the NHS.
While they were at it they also produced Public Service Agreement Spending Review 2002 and Technical Note which details the aim to transform the health and social care system so that it produces faster, fairer services that deliver better health and tackle health inequalities.
Some poor misguided reader rang me a few months back and asked if we had anything that was about partnership working, as it's a key Government Policy I replied I couldn't remember the last time I catalogued something that didn't mention it. True to form Chris Leslie has recently delivered a speech for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on this very subject. The Speech by Chris Leslie to the Rethinking Service Delivery through Strategic Partnering Conference can be obtained from this link. Details the role that strategic partnering can play in the delivery of high quality local services. Elegant in its simplicity more of us should read it.
For those people searching for statistics relating to the North West the latest Region in Figures: North West is availble from the Office for National Statistics.
We've just hit the NHS Modernisation site and found the following Service Improvement Guides are collections of case studies illustrating how the first wave of Collaborative programmes tackled CHD service improvement. Coronary heart disease collaborative service improvement guide: secondary prevention, Coronary heart disease collaborative service improvement guide: acute myocardial infarction, Coronary heart disease collaborative service improvement guide: heart failure, Coronary heart disease collaborative service improvement guide: angina and Coronary heart disease collaborative service improvement guide: rehabilitation.
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We recently (OK it was September) sent Tracy to Durham to attend a Primary Care Study Day the Outcomes of joint study day held at Collingswood College, Durham on the 27th September 2002 ‘Information Strategies in Primary Care: developing an evidence based approach’ can be found here. From Tracy and others I've spoken to who went the conclusion was the day was not as valuable as it could have been, however it might be handy to see what went on.
For those obsessive searchers out there, keep an eye on Search Engine Watch, top tips for search engine submission, searching and brings you news about the latest engines as they hit the web. Quality stuff, worth reminding yourself about. Free e-mail newsletter too, if you can't be bothered to visit get the information sent to you. You can pay to get at the members area but why bother when so much good stuff is free!
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A spot of trouble
My 10-year-old son has developed small spots and blackheads on his nose. Can you give any advice on how he should cleanse his skin to prevent them returning?
The Times 10/12/02
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Blunkett recovers after operation
David Blunkett is working part time until the new year after undergoing surgery on his stomach. The home secretary, 55, will spend the Christmas break convalescing after an operation to cure what officials said was a "long-standing problem relating to his oesophagus and stomach". Mr Blunkett went into a National Health Service hospital in Yorkshire on Sunday, and was said by the Home Office to be recovering well yesterday.
Financial Times 10/12/02
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Fertility treatment 'should be available to more on NHS'
The leading fertility doctor Robert Winston called yesterday for in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment to be made more widely available on the NHS.
Independent 10/12/02
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How can I slim down my thighs?
To tone your inner thigh muscles, lie on your left side with your legs at 90 degrees to your chest and your knees at 90 degrees to your feet. Open your knees as wide as possible without moving your feet away from each other. Repeat the move 12 times.
The Times 10/12/02
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Hospital staff 'knew about Shipman patient's overdose'
Hospital doctors knew that Harold Shipman had injected a woman with a fatal overdose of diamorphine but they did nothing about it, according to testimony at the public inquiry into the GP's 215 murders.
Independent 10/12/02
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Jail chiefs will show prisoners how to kill themselves
Prisoners across England and Wales are to be shown how to hang themselves in a "shocking" campaign ordered by jail chiefs hoping to reduce the record numbers of prison deaths this year.
Independent 10/12/02
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Key study casts doubt on flagship scheme for schools and hospitals
There is no evidence that the Government's flagship scheme [PFI] to enhance the private sector's role in schools and hospitals has provided better value for money, according to a report to be published today.
Independent 10/12/02
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Psychiatrist guilty of sex assaults on six patients
An eminent psychiatrist who abused vulnerable patients after lulling them into a false sense of security was convicted of rape and indecent assault yesterday.
Independent 10/12/02
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Relatives of terminally ill to get wider legal powers
Friends and relatives of terminally ill people are to be given new powers to make medical decisions after patients have lost the mental capacity to decide for themselves.
Independent 10/12/02
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Self-testing health kits are unreliable, say medical experts
Home-testing kits for Alzheimer's disease, cholesterol and osteoporosis are "misleading and unreliable", medical experts warn today.
Independent 10/12/02
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Stem cell research gets extra £40m in funding
Britain is to have one of the world's biggest publicly funded programmes for stem cell research under plans announced yesterday. The government is to put £40m of new funds into the controversial area - on top of the £20m already planned.
Financial Times 10/12/02
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The harsh toll that life inside takes on the vulnerable
They have tried offering them painting and drama therapy. They have tried giving them comfortable rooms with a television and armchairs. And they have even been treated to a soothing music and light show. But still, every few days or so, somewhere inside the overcrowded and intensely monitored environment that is the prison system, someone will manage to find enough time and space to take their own life.
Independent 10/12/02
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Tiny, nasty and clever
Parasites may be able to programme our bodies to suit their lifestyle. It is the stuff of nightmares. Slimy, voracious creatures colonising your body, feeding off you, mating, breeding. Until recently, we in the West might have felt confident that parasites were just fantasy, having been banished from our lives thanks to better sanitation and clean water. However, it seems that parasites do play a role in our lives, in ways that we are just starting to understand.
The Times 10/12/02
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Treasury hits back in Thalidomide trust tax row
The Government has rebutted claims that it has acted in a "mean-spirited" fashion towards victims of the Thalidomide scandal.
The Daily Post 10/12/02
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For those with an interest in smoking as an equity issue the Health Development Agency have produced Perceptions of smoking cessation: products and services among low income smokers Based on research commissioned by the Health Development Agency, the study assessed the role of smoking and smoking cessation among socially excluded groups. Recent research suggests that smoking rates remain high and unchanged among people living with multiple disadvantage (and have steadily risen among lone mothers). Smoking cessation rates are comparatively low.
Equity and social inclusion also seem to be a concern of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Count Me In: Research project on social inclusion through culture and sport. This report establishes the Department's social policy objectives and its findings have underpinned the design and development of subsequent initiatives in this field.
So far today we've had the smoking, had a chance to shout obscenities at a footie match so naturally after all that exertion your going to want a drink sot the Department of Health have come to the rescue with Drinking: Adults' behaviour and knowledge in 2002. This is the fourth report presenting results from questions about drinking which were included on the Office of National Statistics Omnibus survey at the request of the Department of Health.
The Treasury have produced Next Steps on Volunteering and Giving in the United Kingdom: A discussion document. This document sets out the Government's philosophy on volunteering and giving and maps out the way towards realising the Government's vision of a giving society (and the Treasury are behind it!?!)).
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For anyone with an interest in electronic publishing check out the Journal of Electronic Publishing. Published free online three times a year it's full of interesting and useful material. Well worth the price. The Journal of Electronic Publishing has been published since January, 1995. It currently delivers three issues a year, in April, August, and December. Judith Axler Turner and Eve Trager, who both joined the journal in 1997, will continue in their respective positions of editor and managing editor. JEP is available by free subscription, and has 1,700 subscribers and thousands more readers, mostly in the publishing industry, libraries, and the academy. Readers have access to close to 200 articles written by industry professionals in library science, private publishing, and academic presses.
For those interested in grey literature from the USA try the New York Academy of Medicine's Grey Literature Report. We like it at Fade because it's a great way into to understanding current health system concerns in the States. Even better as far as we're concerned they go for public health in a big way, good stuff!
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Drug use is obviously a growth area at the moment as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has published Drug Services for Homelessness People: A good practice guide a handbook that aims to help Drug Action Teams and partner agencies plan and develop more effective services for homeless drug users. The Department of Health and ONS not to be outdone offer Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking Among Young People in England in 2001. The main purpose of this survey was to continue to monitor smoking, drinking and drug use among secondary school children aged 11-15. Information was obtained from more than 9,000 pupils in 285 schools throughout England during the autumn term of 2000. The Home Office detail The Economic and Social Costs of Class A Drug Use in England and Wales: 2000 which provides the first real evidence that costs are mostly associated with problematic drug use and drug-related crime, in particular acquisitive crime. In addition, significant cost consequences are identified for health care services, the criminal justice system and state benefits. They also provide the Prevalence of Drug Use: Key findings from the 2001-02 British Crime Surveywhich examines the prevalence and trends of illicit drug misuse among 16-59 year olds, with particular focus on estimates for 16-24 year olds. Additionally, estimates are given for two new sets of questions that were introduced in the 2001-02 survey, concerning the age when drug-use started and how easy it was to get access to drugs.
The Health Development Agency A Note on Public Service Agreements and Public Health which looks at the impact of the comprehensive spending review as the principal mechanism in government for achieving value for money, focusing on outcomes, ensuring accountability, giving higher priority to crosscutting issues, and enforcing desirable behaviour, such as joined up working. In effect, it is the government's performance management framework. The spending review white paper has a high value as a presentation of a 'corporate' view of what the government is trying to achieve and of the logic underlying the policies of individual departments.
On the subject of HIV and Hepatitis epidemiology the Department of Health have produced Prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis Infections in the United Kingdom: 2001 which brings together information on relevant markers of HIV and hepatitis prevalence, HIV incidence, risk management and behaviour utilisation.
For those requiring statistics relating to mental health the Department of Health have published In-patients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Other Legislation: England - 1991-92 to 2001-02 which summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and private mental nursing homes.
The Health and Safety Executive offerResults from the Health and Safety Module of the British Social Attitudes Survey 2001 to provide a picture of the British public's awareness of workplace risks, attitudes to health and safety, and reported adoption of appropriate behaviours, including how these vary by other factors such as age, sex and reported experience of occupational ill health.
Child and family care is also an interest to the Department of HealthChildren Who Go Missing; Research, Policy and Practicedetails the evidence base on which to develop further guidanc on the action to be taken when a child goes missing from home and care for local authorities, the police and their partner agencies. Delivering Quality Children's Services: Inspection of children's services reminds Councils of the need to address a wide range of issues to ensure appropriate outcomes for all children who need their care and protection. This report identifies the issues that require attention to deliver quality children's services. For statistics on care leavers they have also produced Care leavers, year ending 31 March 2002, England this presents provisional statistics on the educational qualifications of young people who ceased to be looked after in England, aged 16 or over, during the year ending 31 March 2002, and on the activity and accommodation of former looked after children whose 19th birthday fell during the year. However the DoH are not alone, the Social Exclusion Unit have produced Young Runaways and Young Runaways summary of the Social Exclusion Unit report which develops recommendations designed to "make running away less likely and to ensure that runaways' short- and long-term needs are safely met." The report was prepared in consultation with an advisory group consisting of all the relevant government departments and organisations from the public, voluntary and community sectors.
For the technically minded the Cabinet Office Electronic Networks: Challenges for the next decade a strategy to deliver the best outcomes for consumers from competition in electronic networks. While on the subject of informatics the Department of Health Making Information Count: A Human Resources Strategy for Health which aims to to ensure that people who work primarily in the area of Health Informatics in all sectors of the NHS in England are able to make the best possible contribution, individually and collectively to improving health and patient care.
The Lord Chancellor's Department in this time of great cheer provide Safety and Child Contact: An analysis of the role of child contact centres in the context of domestic violence and child welfare concerns a study exploring the views and experiences of children, women and men using child contact centres in the context of domestic violence and child welfare concerns.
Freedom of Information is a subject dear to the heart of the grey literature vulture squadron who staff fade so it is with great delight we note the The Lord Chancellor's Department's Second Annual Report on Implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 a report on bringing fully into force those provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which are not yet fully in force.
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The plague has hit the library recently so as a result there is a small log jam in production of news current awareness. We seem to have freed it now, so apologies for any inconvinience caused. We also seem to have been hit by dodgy spelling so aplogies for that, we're working on typing better, it's just sometimes the fingers don't obey the brain....Still at least we're getting something on screen.
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Anaesthetic 'linked to mother's death'
A woman who was terrified of needles died after giving birth by Caesarean section under general anaesthetic at a private hospital in London.
The Independent 04/12/02
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A new prescription for addicts
The publication of the government's updated drugs strategy today was marked by the final abandonment of the unrealistic targets set four years ago by Keith Hellawell, the sacked former drugs tsar.
The Guardian 03/12/02
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As long as drugs are illegal the problem won't go away
Addicts should be given drugs free so they don't have to mug and burgle
The Guardian 04/12/02
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Black day for Whitehall
Civil servants recommended the deliberately low-profile publication of the Black report on health inequalities in Britain, according to the former Conservative minister who has been widely blamed for the infamous episode.
The Guardian 04/12/02
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Blunkett scraps the targets for fighting drug abuse
The Government abandoned three of the four targets of its national drugs strategy yesterday and announced it would expand the provision of heroin on prescription.
The Independent 04/12/02
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Counselling reduces rate of surgery for women
Doctors have found a way of reducing serious surgery in women and increasing their satisfaction with alternative treatments – by talking to them about their options.
The Independent 04/12/02
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Dirty little secrets
THE DISCOVERY of body hair on the crisp clean sheets of my hospital bed made me wonder if all was well with the laundry arrangements.
The Times 04/12/02
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Disaster centres plan for smallpox attack
Emergency plans to cope with a terrorist attack involving biological warfare were announced yesterday as ministers gave the clearest indication yet of the seriousness with which they take the threat.
The Guardian 03/12/02
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Doctor not to blame for scan blunders
A CONSULTANT radiologist who failed to spot cancer in the scans of nine patients who later died was cleared of professional misconduct yesterday.
The Times 03/12/02
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EU opens borders for health treatment
Britons won the right yesterday to seek medical treatment in another EU country and to bill the NHS if waiting lists are too long.
The Independent 04/12/02
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'Light' and 'mild' cigarette brands to be scrapped in new smoking crackdown
Popular "light" and "mild" brands of cigarettes will be removed from the shelves next year in a government drive to highlight the dangers of smoking, ministers said yesterday.
The Independent 04/12/02
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Made to measure
Top councils will next week be officially rated as matching the best public companies and government departments for efficiency. But some critics of the new town hall inspections claim that the regime is too 'half-baked' to be taken seriously
The Guardian 04/12/02
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More addicts to get heroin on NHS
All heroin addicts who fail to respond to conventional treatment will receive the drug on prescription, ministers have announced.
The Guardian 03/12/02
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One big step: Improved treatment for schizophrenia
Thousands of people with schizophrenia will receive psychological treatments, including behavioural and family therapy, under a move that promises to give them more control over their care.
The Guardian 04/12/02
BBC Health 04/12/02
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Slow progress in improving the NHS
Letters to the Editor
The Times 04/12/02
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Support sites
Students are increasingly suffering mental-health problems.
The Guardian 03/12/02
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'Tough love' policy at heart of new drugs strategy
A "tough love" policy under which offenders who test positive for heroin or cocaine will be faced with a choice of treatment or prison lies at the heart of the government's updated drugs strategy unveiled yesterday.
The Guardian 04/12/02
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Updated drug strategy: main points
The Guardian 03/12/02
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UK heart failure toll rises
The number of people with heart failure will rise to 1.5 million in the UK alone by the year 2015, according to forecasts.
BBC Health 04/12/02
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