Nhs in A Sentence

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    A further 500 job losses were announced yesterday at West Hertfordshire NHS Trust, in addition to the 200 already known there.

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    A key issue that affects all NHS workers, not just those in primary care, is the proposed PCT restructure.

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    A new logotype can be ordered free of charge through the NHS identity helpline on 020 7972 5261 or 020 7972 5250.

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    A workshop organized by the NHS confederations in partnership with the British Geriatrics Society was held at the Kings ' Fund London.

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    A. Your NHS prescriptions, including elastic hosiery (including support tights supplied by a hospital ).

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    About 40 people in Great Britain have now learned Transcendental Meditation with the course fees paid by the NHS.

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    According to Conservative leader Michael Howard, Margaret Dixonâs canceled operations are a sign of a continuing malaise at the heart of the NHS.

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    Adjoining us is a dental health facility staffed by salaried dentists attending NHS patients.

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    All NHS registered optometrists practicing in Shropshire have since been invited to enroll for the program.

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    Already NHS services across the country are facing crisis cutbacks.

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    Also dont forget NHS wales - jobs on there too !

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    Also dont forget NHS wales - jobs on there too!

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    And the NHS has ample time to prepare for when the post-war baby boomers reach their 80s.

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    Are you on the waiting list for an NHS hearing aid?

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    Areas of the website containing clinical information are held within the NHS intranet.

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    Attlee created the welfare state and the NHS and also nationalized a fifth of Britain 's economy.

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    Attlee created the welfare state and the NHS and also nationalized a fifth of Britain's economy.

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    Availability of NHS chiropodists does vary in different areas but lupus patients should be able to have NHS chiropody or podiatry regardless of age.

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    Bandolier Bandolier is produced monthly in Oxford for the NHS R&D directorate.

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    Battersea Healthy Living Initiative and local NHS dietitians are offering a new course to Battersea residents who need to lose weight.

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    But for the NHS the answer to an apparent conundrum is more obvious - cash or quality?

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    But if you look for the use of the word ' vocation ' in an NHS document the picture is very different.

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    But the Government is creating an unhealthy reliance on the private sector which will undermine the NHS.

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    Can suppliers use the NHS logo or my local organization logotype?

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    Central funding has now ceased and the responsibility for the scheme has now been devolved from NHS professionals to SHAs.

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    Community responders are being set up all across rural West Berkshire, with the help of the South Central NHS Ambulance Trust.

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    Conclusion The estimated cost of food wastage to the NHS is £ 144 million each year in England alone.

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    Dentistry is changing rapidly and gone are the days of demands for mass produced NHS prosthetics.

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    Despite an increase in spending of £ 2.4 billion after inflation, NHS waiting lists have risen over the last year.

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    Digital hearing aids are available free of charge through NHS audiology services.

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    Do I have grounds to claim against the company and can I get liposuction on the NHS?

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    Do they not warrant a full investigation of how he died, following the intervention of three NHS Trusts?

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    Doing 96-hour weeks as a junior hospital doctor turned me off the NHS!

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    Earlier this year, the official custodian of the NHS's data raised eyebrows by announcing a special relationship with a commercial firm.

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    Fetal material and IVF involving NHS patients Recently deceased in NHS premises.

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    For a list of NHS dentists in your locality, ring NHS Direct on 0845 46 47 48.

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    For example, members of all political parties rail against the so-called ' post-code lottery ' in the NHS.

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    For the previous twenty years the NHS had lost interest in hydrotherapy using natural mineral waters, believing that tap water was equally efficacious.

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    Full-time radiography helpers in the NHS earn from £ 11,500 to £ 13,500 a year.

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    Given what the NHS was, it is almost fatuous to say all the money has gone in, but nothing's happened.

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    Government advertises for NHS privateers (30/6/06) UNISON calls for TUC meeting over ' breach of trust ' more.

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    Health minister John Hutton today spearheaded a new drive to recruit more NHS staff from underprivileged backgrounds.

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    However, it involves both managing a large IT procurement and imposing change on the highly devolved NHS.

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    However, UNISON maintains that NHS Scotland is too embroiled in ' partnership ' with private sector companies around key ICT Infrastructure Project.

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    I have had another love-hate relationship with the NHS for at least 20 years.

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    I have received a NHS bursary in the past, am I still entitled to a bursary?

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    I work two and a half days for the NHS.

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    I wrote back in January that the NHS needs major surgery, not the sticking plaster of extra money.

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    I've had nothing off this state except the NHS and they're ripping the guts out of that.

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    Ideally, salaried NHS dentists would be the solution to the country 's dental problems.

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    If you consult a dentist, you should ask if they are willing to give NHS treatment.

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    If you have a bad toothache in our area you could ring NHS Direct.

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    In 1999 private acute hospitals had a total turnover of £ 3bn compared to a total NHS expenditure of £ 52 bn.

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    In no case did he make an appropriate NHS referral.

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    In reality the NHS has never spent enough money on ICT.

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    In some areas psychoanalytic psychotherapy is available within the NHS.

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    In such cases the Ombudsman would normally advise the complainant to pursue his complaint further with the local NHS body.

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    In the absence of a satisfactory local NHS chiropody service, should not this private service be contracted in by the NHS?

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    In the web links library you will find links to various NHS Wales informatics sites.

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    Indeed, for many items in band 3 the private fee will be less than the NHS patient charge.

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    Information and communication networks will be developed between NHS 24 and local services to enable the secure transference of appropriate information between services.

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    Is there no special procedure to conduct postal questionnaires among NHS staff?

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    It 's truly shambolic say many dentists referring to the recent overhaul of the NHS dental service.

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    It is not available on NHS prescription, but can be purchased over-the-counter.

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    It is not possible to re-claim any NHS prescription charges paid prior to this date.

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    It may be a private bed in an NHS hospital.

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    It may only be broken when developing specific logotypes for statutory NHS organizations.

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    It performs cataract operations at 10% below the price the NHS sets.

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    It plans to follow up this investigation by developing an audit of NHS inpatient services.

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    It seems equitable that those who have been injured in the service of their country are entitled to receive prompt NHS help.

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    It should be headed with a Trust or NHS logo.

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    It was revealed that unnecessary tonsillectomies and hysterectomies are said to cost the NHS £ 21m a year.

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    It was the second NHS palliative care hospice in the country.

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    It's truly shambolic say many dentists referring to the recent overhaul of the NHS dental service.

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    January 12 A spineless performance The government 's vision for the NHS was shamed by the inconvenient failure of its new IT system.

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    John Reid promised to half the number of NHS quangos to save £ 500m.

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    Just reached the top of NHS waiting list yippee !

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    Just reached the top of NHS waiting list yippee!

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    Local people need proper jobs, better housing, more GPs and NHS dentists, not flashy sports arenas.

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    Many already work with NHS trusts, hospices and GP practices.

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    Most importantly, the medicines that it provides to the NHS help millions of patients every day.

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    Much cosmetic surgery has never been available on the NHS.

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    Names of dentists located in the areas supplied by the five Water Boards were obtained from local health authority lists of NHS registered dentists.

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    New guidance on the revised redundancy arrangements in the NHS has now been published by NHS employers.

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    Nicola Byrne Nicola is a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS, based at the Maudsley Hospital in South London.

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    No wonder New Labor have so mismanaged the NHS; they have put their cronies in charge.

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    Non-Exec bulletin Shared services bulletin sent to NHS directors of finance to provide updates on the progress of the National Shared Services Initiative.

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    Non-Exec bulletin Shared services bulletin Sent to NHS directors of finance to provide updates on the progress of the National Shared Services Initiative.

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    None of this bewildering succession of health service reforms has changed the fundamental governance and accountability arrangements of the NHS.

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    Not for the first time, Tony Blair has promised a radical overhaul of the NHS.

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    Not widely available within the NHS psychotherapy Sometimes used to describe all forms of talking treatments.

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    Note to Editors NHS Net is a secure intranet within the NHS.

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    On 8 March 2006, the scheme was approved virtually intact, despite pressure on NHS finances.

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    On all corporate material only the NHS logotype should be used.

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    One in five dentists working in England qualified abroad, with polish dentists accounting for 17% of all new NHS dentists.

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    Online access to patient records and support on best clinical practice, for all NHS clinicians.

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    Opticians To find your nearest NHS opticians To find your nearest NHS optician visit the NHS opticians website.

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    Our NHS culture profoundly affects our actions, and yet is largely hidden from us.

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    Over 100 learners from the community outreach program have gone on to a range of careers in the NHS.

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    Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust is to get two new linear accelerators to cut delays and improve treatment for cancer patients in Oxfordshire.

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    Patients had maintained health gains achieved during NHS hydrotherapy sessions.

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    Plans to ensure that the NHS recovers any overspend from 2005/6 and to provide a surplus for 2007/8.

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    Progressive taxation preserves equity, which is the reason the NHS has retained the affection of the people.

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    Public concern over NHS dentistry has risen in recent years.

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    Remember you can always change your mind; there is no " booking contract " involved in obtaining NHS maternity care.

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    Risk taking is fairly low on the list of NHS skills.

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    Secondly, he argues that the NHS is extremely wasteful.

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    Secret figures reveal there were 2123 medical negligence claims against the NHS in the past five years.

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    Sexual health has become the cinderella service of the NHS with a woeful lack of GUM clinics, many in a state of disrepair.

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    She has published widely in many journals and disseminated caseload midwifery practice as a workable national model in the NHS.

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    She is also in danger of losing her spot in NHS if she falls below the required GPA.

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    She underlined that the Government was committed to providing a high standard of care in the NHS in this country.

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    She used, Zyban, patches, gum, inhalator, NHS stop smoking clinics, newsgroup support, support of my family.

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    She was rushed to the Middlesex hospital and then to a specialist NHS neurology hospital, but never recovered.

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    Stolen Up to 70% of staff in DTCs can be stolen from the NHS, leaving NHS hospitals even more understaffed.

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    Such a law is anathema to Arnold's neo-liberal big business backers, the very ones that Blair is inviting into the British NHS.

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    Such highly exploitative employment practices for the sake of cost-cutting should have no place in the NHS.

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    Surrogacy is becoming more acceptable because it is cheaper than conventional IVF treatment and some NHS clinics now use surrogacy as a treatment method.

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    Surrogacy is becoming more acceptable because it is cheaper than conventional IVF treatment and some NHS clinics now use surrogacy is becoming more acceptable because it is cheaper than conventional IVF treatment and some NHS clinics now use surrogacy as a treatment method.

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    The 24-hour walkout by workers at the NHS Logistics depot started at 10pm on Thursday.

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    The airport based air ambulance is on call during daylight hours 365 days a year to support the regular NHS ambulance service.

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    The annual cost to the NHS of treating osteoporosis is estimated at £ 1.7 billion.

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    The annual health check The annual health check is the system for assessing and rating the performance of NHS healthcare organizations in England.

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    The assessment will take place in the nursing home and will be carried out by an NHS qualified nurse assessor.

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    The attached joint statement is issued by the Shadow Executive of the Shadow NHS Staff Council on 11 June 2004.

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    The Audit Commission is the public body appointing and regulating external auditors of the NHS and local authorities in England and Wales.

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    The bewildering succession of health service reforms has changed the fundamental governance and accountability arrangements of the NHS.

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    The chairman of Lothian NHS Board, Brian Cavanagh said there is no simple solution to reducing the problem of delayed discharges.

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    The chief execs of five UK companies were hoicked out of bed at dawn and arrested for allegedly defrauding the NHS.

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    The competition was designed to generate poster concepts from the NHS frontline to promote staff hand hygiene in hospitals.

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    The conference keynote will be given by Professor Phil Candy of the NHS University.

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    The cost to the NHS is £ 1.7 billion a year [NICE, 2004b ]. What are the risk factors for fragility fracture?

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    The Council of Governors The NHS foundation trust members elect governors.

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    The days of making decisions behind closed doors play no part in the modern NHS.

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    The deficit of the NHS and the shock resignation of the Chief Executive, Sir Nigel Crisp, was also a top story.

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    The EEG machine is normal equipment found in every NHS hospital which measures brain activity through the patient 's scalp.

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    The EEG machine is normal equipment found in every NHS hospital which measures brain activity through the patient's scalp.

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    The essential elements There are three components to a local NHS logotype.

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    The European market share The NHS The NHS is the world's largest healthcare delivery organization and the main UK customer for healthcare products.

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    The event has been organized by Debbie Howell, a senior healthcare assistant with North Bristol NHS Trust.

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    The extra funds being provided to the NHS give us a unique opportunity to improve.

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    The first stage of the NHS complaints procedure is ' Local Resolution ' .

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    The focus of research is on NHS priorities namely cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

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    The future of the NHS deserves debate, but based on facts, not sentimental claptrap such as is presented by Ms Beckett.

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    The legislation establishing NHS foundation trusts attracted much controversy, and a major backbench rebellion among Labor MPs, but was passed into law.

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    The main aim was therefore to produce the first account of the survival and subsequent development of hospital contributory schemes under the NHS.

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    The national average for NHS staff having the flu jab is just 16 per cent.

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    The National Health Service was broken up into NHS trusts in the early 1990s.

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    The National Health Service was broken up into NHS Trusts in the early 1990s.

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    The new NHS Plan provides an opportunity for the IVD industry to take a pivotal role in the provision of 21st century healthcare.

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    The NHS dental services has undergone many changes in the last 10 years altering the way dentists work and are funded.

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    The NHS does not fund ritual circumcision in England.

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    The NHS executive aims to introduce pilot schemes in April.

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    The NHS has been through a first phase transformation.

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    The NHS has now become the fig leaf for New Labor's vapid core.

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    The NHS in Scotland has a website devoted to in primary care dentistry which is in the process of development.

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    The NHS is admittedly a huge organization and eliminating fraud completely, although desirable, can probably never be more than a pipe dream.

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    The NHS is not renewing a License from the Copyright Licensing Agency from central budgets.

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    The NHS is not the sole guardian of health.

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    The NHS offers flu jabs free of charge to everyone with diabetes.

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    The NHS Plan sets out the ultimate goal that by December 2005, the maximum wait for an outpatient appointment will be three months.

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    The NHS route had a long waiting list so I asked about going private.

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    The NHS will become a rump service for the sick, the poor, the old and emergency care.

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    The NHS, like so many places, is starved of cash.

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    The pity is they donât begin to match the extra billions poured into the NHS.

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    The principal source, the General Household Survey, presently reports only on (NHS) GP consultations on this basis.

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    The problem is particularly acute in East Anglia, where many people have to wait months for NHS treatment.

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    The proposals represented the biggest shake-up in pay, grading and conditions since the NHS was founded in 1948.

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    The recent move is in support of the national campaign to stub out smoking across NHS.

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    The report sets out progress so far and gives recommendations for action for NHS Trusts.

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    The scheme aims to develop the research capacity of the NHS workforce underpinning the development of the NHS evidence base.

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    The stewards within an NHS region elect a regional steward.

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    The Trust is responsible to the independent regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts, Monitor.

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    The Trust is responsible to the Independent Regulator for NHS Foundation Trusts, Monitor.

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    Then, the Appeal Court gave transsexuals the right to sex change operations on the NHS.

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    There are also NHS continence Clinics throughout the UK.

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    There are serious doubts about such a minister operating within the Department of Health, whose main business is the NHS.

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    There is already a fast-track NHS physiotherapy service for people with acute back pain in Nottingham.

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    There is mass exodus of nurses from the NHS, already severely understaffed.

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    There is no NHS postcode lottery with the gospel.

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    There were potential difficulties with limitation and the defendant NHS trust also questioned the subrogation rights of the insurer.

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    There will be opportunities for you to work with physiotherapists from the NHS Trust for practical sessions on gait and human locomotion.

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    These could include an end to centralized contract negotiations, a key feature of recent NHS history.

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    They believe the blame for allowing this lies with upper tiers of NHS bureaucrats.

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    They can also refer you to an NHS obstetrician if you need obstetric assessment.

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    They may subtly subvert the whole NHS reform agenda, undermining attempts to tackle their poor performance with threats of no-confidence votes.

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    They then find that the NHS midwifery service is unwilling to provide a midwife to attend them anywhere other than hospital.

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    They'll use £ 200 of benefits for Gary to have a private op while Joanne will get hers free on the NHS.

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    This plus the continued, almost frantic pace of reform in the NHS is the cause of the crises now emerging across the NHS.

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    This will be aimed at women who are receiving their last routine mammogram within the NHS Breast Screening Program.

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    This year, the first students in the North West from the pre-registration dietetics program, commissioned by the NHS, graduated.

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    Thus, all NHS Trusts are reminded of the need to settle invoices with NHS Professionals in a timely manner.

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    To borrow a business analogy, the NHS has gone from a bull market to a bear market.

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    To call upon the NUS to organize a national campaign to defend NHS services.

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    To establish the required design, Portakabin's own architects also consulted with NHS estates.

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    Top What you can do Tell us your stories - We'd like to hear your experiences of NHS podiatry.

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    Unlike others in my NHS antenatal class, I never complained of sleep problems.

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    We are currently enjoying great demand for our services in relation to major PFI, NHS LIFT and traditionally procured projects.

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    We are looking for dynamic, well qualified applicants with healthcare experience and working knowledge of the NHS.

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    We can refer you to your free local NHS Stop Smoking Service for ongoing advice and support in your quit attempt.

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    We could start with the NHS which is very macho.

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    We have increasingly been recommending, and securing, financial redress for complainants from NHS bodies in appropriate circumstances.

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    We have to adapt the existing structures to ensure we get the best out of the NHS reforms.

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    We in Britain have a tendency to compare our NHS to foreign private health services.

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    We Need More Funding Things often forgotten or unconsidered when we think of NHS funding homeopathy.

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    We will seek to build on this as part of our agenda to modernize NHS dentistry.

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    We're seeing the breakup and privatization of the NHS.

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    What NHS bursary am I entitled to on the 5-year degree?

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    What real freedom is there for NHS Foundation Trusts within these national standards?

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    Who can doubt that the scandal of loans for peerages and the NHS crisis have sapped public confidence in Labor?

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    Will the NHS pension Scheme be introducing a pension drawdown facility?

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    Working within the NHS, the aim of the Institute is to systematically appraise healthcare interventions.

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    You will be asked to show proof of your entitlement to free NHS prescriptions.