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MPs urge 'Do your duty on care plans'
MPs have warned the government that it will be guilty of a 'serious dereliction of duty' if it fails to act urgently on the proposals of the Royal Commission on Long-term Care, published in March.
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Compensation seen as brake on litigation
A powerful Commons committee has called for more compensation payouts from the NHS to stem a rising tide of litigation.
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RCN joins legal battle on fees
The Royal College of Nursing has joined a legal case in which the government is backing a health authority in an appeal against a landmark High Court ruling on paying for long-term care.
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Morgan set to resign as chair
Rhodri Morgan, chair of the select committee on public administration, has told HSJ that he may resign following his election to the Welsh Assembly as member for Cardiff West.
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Key recommendations
Encourage good leadership: for example, through education in core curricula.
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NAO finds dramatic fall in NHS deficits
Health authority and trust deficits have been dramatically reduced, according to a National Audit Office report that also passes the NHS's accounts unqualified for the fourth year running.
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Union applauds NHS Executive guidelines on whistleblowing
Health union MSF has welcomed guidelines from the NHS Executive which support 'whistle blowing' as part of a drive against fraud.
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Private emergency unit set up in Surrey
A new company is aiming to create a chain of private 'emergency care units' for people willing to pay to bypass long waits in NHS accident and emergency departments.
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Days like this
Thatcher warned of white paper stress... managers 'threatened with sack'... Clarke denies U-turn on GP contracts... grading jam...
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Alliance v NAPC: the numbers game
Both groups are coy about membership, and both claim it is expanding.
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Charge of the Right brigade
Conservatives toiling on the Health Bill standing committee have been fearless in their doomed attempts to gain some ground, writes Patrick Butler
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Ahead of schedule: Norfolk and Norwich
The site of the new Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (pictured left and below) regularly pays host to coachloads of its future staff, inspecting the £214m campus-style hospital they will be moving into in January 2002.
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Nuts and bolts: how local healthcare co-operatives work
Co-operatives cover 'natural communities' of between 25,000 and 150,000 people.