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UK and EU courts rule on pensions
NHS pension scheme rules which provide for a survivor's pension for a widow or widower but not an unmarried partner are coming under challenge in both the UK and European courts.
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Human rights cases gather momentum
A patient at Broadmoor special hospital who was forcibly given medication has won permission to go to the Court of Appeal, in one of the first human rights cases to reach court on 2 October, the day the Human Rights Act came into force.
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Doctor entitled to reject job
An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has set aside a finding by an employment tribunal that a doctor did not act unreasonably in refusing a suitable alternative job offer after he was made redundant, and was therefore entitled to redundancy payment.
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Courts may not be so robust as claims under new act pour in
However much ministers may try to downplay the effects of the Human Rights Act, it's clear that the courts are going to face a barrage of claims.
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More Londoners are killed by pollution than die on roads
A report launched at the first meeting of the London Health Commission, set up by mayor Ken Livingstone, today claims that more people die from transport-related pollution than road accidents in the capital.
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NHS advocacy services face cash problems
A report on advocacy services in the NHS in London says they are suffering from 'precarious short-term funding', a lack of pay and little formal training.
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Days like this
Shadow health secretary Robin Cook told the Labour Party conference: 'The Tories have had 10 years to run down the NHS, and it will take time to put it right. But we are determined to do it. 'He stressed this would not be an easy job, and it could take ...
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Conference with extra bite
Health secretary Alan Milburn believes the NHS must be the best, as well as the biggest, employer in the land. 'Don't wait for advice: start now' was the message to the Institute of Healthcare Management. Lyn Whitfield and Tash Shifrin report
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Talk about the speeches
If there is one theme to emerge from the Institute of Healthcare Management's annual conference, it is the sense of disappointment that the new organisation has not achieved the profile or the influence that it might have done.
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No more lonely heroes
Incoming IHM president William McKee attacked 'naming and shaming' and 'red lights' in his inaugural speech to the institute.
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Ofsted revisited
Pilot reviews by the Commission for Health Improvement have shown the importance of healthcare managers, CHI director Peter Homa told delegates.
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New credo, new code
IHM chief executive Stuart Marples this week urged managers to put aside 'command and control' management and adopt a 'new credo in which they would be guides' to develop their staff.
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Managers meet the management
The IHM, which represents NHS managers, lives in the shadow of the NHS Confederation. The media could never tell the difference: should they join forces? Tash Shifrin reports
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Beam me up, Bournemouth
Astride a Star Trek set, William Hague delighted the Conservative conference, though on health he may get a rougher ride from voters than he did from delegates, reports Lyn Whitfield
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One to watch
The trouble with public health annual reports is that no-one reads them. Will putting it on video get round the problem? Claire Laurent reports
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Milburn announces new deal for staff
Health secretary Alan Milburn has launched the human resources framework that will make the way NHS employers treat staff a core performance measure for the first time.
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'Politics bias'attacked
The commissioner for public appointments has called for greater openness about the political affiliation of public appointees in the NHS.
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Private healthcare comes to the aid of the politicians
The Conservative Party is pressing ahead with its plans for a major expansion of private healthcare, promised at its party conference last week.