Forum Brief: HIV test for doctors and nurses
Policy Consultation 23 July 2002
The government confirmed yesterday that it was considering requiring all new doctors and nurses to be tested for the HIV virus.
Forum Brief: CSR - Housing sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister received a significant boost in its housing budget, which will rise from £6 billion now to £7.6 billion in 2005/06.
Forum Brief: CSR - Health sector response
Policy Consultation 16 July 2002
The chancellor has set a new target to cut the maximum wait for an NHS operation to three months.
NHS Direct callers wait too long for advice
News Article 10 July 2002
Callers to the NHS high-tech advice line are waiting too long to speak to a nurse, a committee of MPs has warned.
Milburn issues pay pledge to recruit nurses
Press Review 28 June 2002
Forum Brief: Mental health proposals
Policy Consultation 26 June 2002
The government has unveiled plans to protect the public from dangerous mental health patients.
Forum Brief: Nurses' pay
Policy Consultation 20 June 2002
The Royal College of Nursing may pull out from negotiations with ministers over a new pay structure and careers system for nurses.
Forum Brief: Nurse Recruitment
Policy Consultation 10 June 2002
Today's Guardian uses the case of an Australian charge nurse keen to work in the UK to highlight the slow pace of the UK system which vets overseas applications to
Forum Brief: Foundation hospitals
Policy Consultation 22 May 2002
Alan Milburn has loosened up central government power over the health service's top performers, saying "the challenge is to free the best NHS hospitals from direct Whitehall control".
Forum Brief: Nursing
Policy Consultation 25 April 2002
Health secretary Alan Milburn has told the RCN conference in Harrogate that nurses can only expect pay increases in return for taking on new roles and responsibilities.
Milburn links pay to productivity
Press Review 25 April 2002
Higher pay price for NHS reform, say nurses
Press Review 23 April 2002
Forum Brief: Nursing survey
Policy Consultation 22 April 2002
The majority of patients have expressed satisfaction with their nursing care and advice, according to a new survey conducted for the Royal College of Nursing.
Forum Brief: Contraception court case ruling
Policy Consultation 18 April 2002
The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child has today failed to end the sale of the morning-after pill in chemists without prescription.
Forum Brief: Health sector Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
Gordon Brown has announced a rapid increase in NHS spending, broadly in line with the conclusions of Derek Wanless in his review of future health spending needs.
