Example sentences of "health authority " in BNC.
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| 1 | ACET News aims to — inform Boroughs , Health Authorities , and voluntary agencies of the work of ACET in the community . |
| 2 | In addition , local boroughs and health authorities fund us through grants and service contracts . |
| 3 | In particular , licensing magistrates and fire and health authorities should be made more aware of the character and needs of historic buildings . |
| 4 | Some health authorities and general practitioners employ link workers . |
| 5 | Most forms of contraception are available from family planning clinics but GPs are not able to prescribe condoms on the NHS , although some may have agreements with local Health Authorities to supply them to their patients . |
| 6 | The duty of local and health authorities to pay for certain funerals |
| 7 | THE DUTY OF LOCAL AND HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO PAY FOR CERTAIN FUNERALS |
| 8 | In certain circumstances local and health authorities have a duty to organise and pay for funerals . |
| 9 | The level of service provided overall is a matter for individual health authorities in the light of local circumstances and priorities ’ . |
| 10 | Age Concern England has urged the Government to monitor more closely the provision by health authorities of continuing care , and has made a number of recommendations about how this might be done . |
| 11 | The NHS Management Executive has issued to health authorities a report containing examples of good practice guidelines on Managing waiting lists for in-patients and day cases . |
| 12 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 13 | The Committee recommends that the NHS Management Executive should ensure that all English Regional Health Authorities set broad standards for waiting times for such appointments , and that the Management Executive should require District Health Authorities and Family Health Services Authorities to take urgent action to reduce waiting times for first appointments . |
| 14 | The 1991 edition of the NHS handbook has been published by the National Association of Health Authorities and Trusts ( NAHAT ) . |
| 15 | The guide includes information on the role of health authorities and Trusts ; the new roles of members of health authorities , Family Health Services Authorities and Trusts ; complaints , quality assurance and planning in the NHS ; assessing the healthcare needs of local populations ; Care in the Community ; and services for elderly people . |
| 16 | The guide includes information on the role of health authorities and Trusts ; the new roles of members of health authorities , Family Health Services Authorities and Trusts ; complaints , quality assurance and planning in the NHS ; assessing the healthcare needs of local populations ; Care in the Community ; and services for elderly people . |
| 17 | District Health Authorities and Assessing Local Populations ' Health Needs |
| 18 | The report assesses the current role of FHSAs , Regional Health Authorities ( RHAs ) and District Health Authorities ( DHAs ) in the management of primary dental services , and makes various recommendations , such as that FHSAs should become the focus of responsibility for co-ordinating primary dental care , including in the long term the treatment role of the Community Dental Service . |
| 19 | The report assesses the current role of FHSAs , Regional Health Authorities ( RHAs ) and District Health Authorities ( DHAs ) in the management of primary dental services , and makes various recommendations , such as that FHSAs should become the focus of responsibility for co-ordinating primary dental care , including in the long term the treatment role of the Community Dental Service . |
| 20 | Age Concern believes that these issues should be explicitly considered when discussions take place about responsibilities of health authorities , family practitioner committees and self-governing hospitals . |
| 21 | The major means for doing this is to encourage doctors and health authorities to seek care where it can mostly cheaply and efficiently be provided . |
| 22 | It is imperative that provision for suitable hospital discharge procedures is an integral part of contracts negotiated by district health authorities and GP budget holders , and is also included in requirements to be made of self-governing hospitals . |
| 23 | GPs with their own budgets and District Health Authorities will be expected to place either block contracts for a defined range of services , or cost and volume contracts , for a certain number of cases , for most services . |
| 24 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 25 | Age Concern expressed reservations in its response to the Griffiths Review of Community Care that contracts for certain services might prove unprofitable to private sector providers after a few years , by which time District Health Authorities would have divested themselves of the resources to provide similar services . |
| 26 | Age Concern receives frequent reports about health authorities closing long-stay beds , without ensuring that appropriate alternative provision is available . |
| 27 | Age Concern believes that this issue needs urgent consideration in the context of the NHS Review , and that the statutory responsibilities of health authorities in this respect should be clarified . |
| 28 | MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AUTHORITIES |
| 29 | The reduction in size of District Health Authorities , and their restructuring on managerial lines , may reduce the involvement of local bodies such as voluntary agencies in health service provision . |
| 30 | Health authorities face cuts in beds and services |