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14-year wait for award
The High Court approved a £1m settlement last month for Matthew Pearson, 15 this month, who was left with cerebral palsy after his mother, a nurse, underwent an emergency Caesarean section at his delivery.
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In Brief: The Employment Appeal Tribunal
Employment tribunals can be dangerous places. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee alleging race discrimination could launch a new claim of victimisation based on evidence the employers gave at the tribunal hearing the race claim.
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In Brief: Ann Winterton's Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill
Ann Winterton's Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill ran out of time for debate and will not now become law. The bill would have prevented doctors withholding nutrition and hydration in cases where patients are not dying - like that of the Hillsborough disaster victim Tony Bland, who spent years ...
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monitor
Week in, week out, Monitor distorts the charming foibles of the NHS into something tawdry. Cheap digs at bureaucracy's inability to use the humble apostrophe correctly, relentless double entendres and a near obsession with the oversights of Britain's hardest working PRs. Smutty jokes about German professors with rude names getting ...
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Bordering on the unsatisfactory
Public health policies in the European Union Edited by Walter Holland and Elias Mossialos Ashgate 398 pages £50
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Let's stat at the very beginning
Statistical analysis in primary care Edited by Nigel Mathers, Martin Williams and Beverley Hancock Radcliffe Medical Press 113 pages £15.95
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Dear Mel. . .
Every time I see that Milburn chap on the telly I have a panic attack because my boss, the chief exec, will ask me about it the following day. The problem is that I never know what he's talking about.
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Caution urged on use of private homes
Health and social services managers have urged the government to take a cautious approach to proposals to combat bed shortages by transferring elderly NHS patients to private nursing homes.
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Tea's maid
Steph Clarke, haemotology and blood bank nurse at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, takes a break in its cyber cafe.
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Chief and deputy suspended after waiting-list confusion
The chief executive of Plymouth Hospitals trust and his deputy have been suspended after an investigation into waiting lists.
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Cancer centre roof collapse closes beds
A leaking roof at a regional cancer centre forced the closure of 15 out of 60 beds last week and led to the suspension of 20 patient treatments.
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Managers may forfeit pay rises
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has threatened that NHS managers could forfeit their pay rises if they fail to put patients' interests first.
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Short Cuts: 'Spend mobile phone windfall on cracking poverty'
Unison has urged chancellor Gordon Brown to use the £22bn windfall generated by the sale of third-generation mobile phone licences to 'crack poverty', invest in public services and increase the minimum wage, which the union would like to see set at £5 per hour. General secretary elect Dave Prentis said: ...
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Short Cuts: Wales procurement strategy aimed at saving £80m
Welsh Assembly finance secretary Edwina Hart has announced a review of public sector purchasing policies, with the aim of saving £80m over three years. The review will take four months and lead to a procurement strategy for the public sector across Wales.Ms Hart said: 'I regard this review as an ...
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Short Cuts: Energy consumption must fall to free up health cash
The NHS in Scotland has been told to cut energy consumption by 2 per cent every year for the next decade in order to 'free up additional funds for healthcare' and cut carbon dioxide emissions. The NHS was originally set a target of reducing energy use by 1.5 to 2 ...