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Short cuts Family of dead boy claims hospital failed him
Schoolboy Imran Khan, 15, would still be alive if he had received proper hospital treatment, his family lawyer claimed at a fatal accident inquiry into his care at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow. Anne Smith QC said there was evidence that a doctor had pushed a chest drain further ...
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Open sesame for a challenging view of the world
Dare one suggest in response to Chris Ham that development of a national management curriculum is exactly what the Institute of Health Services Management should be doing if it is to have a future - perhaps in collaboration with the British Association of Medical Managers and the universities? It should ...
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Courts could uphold right to free nursing care
Action has been eagerly awaited since the landmark High Court ruling last December that the NHS has a legal duty to provide free nursing care and cannot shift the liability to local authorities, which charge those who have the means to pay.
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Short cuts King's Fund appoints new senior associates
Baroness Cumberlege, Lord Harris of Haringey, Catherine McLoughlin and Sir Leslie Turnberg have been appointed senior associates of the King's Fund. Sir Leslie will work with the Health Quality Service on clinical standards, while NHS Confederation chair Ms McLoughlin will work on 'professional roles and leadership development'. Baroness Cumberlege, a ...
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Welsh NHS stocktake is a surprise to managers
Managers have been baffled by the announcement of a major 'stocktake' of the NHS in Wales.
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Campaign aims to cut patients' non-attendance
Health minister Baroness Hayman has asked 'waiting-list buster' Peter Homa to look at outpatient waiting times, after official figures showed that 1.3 million outpatient appointments - 11 per cent of the total - were 'wasted' in 1998 when patients did not show up.
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'Shaking off the poor law': the report's recommendations
The Royal Commission on Long-Term Care calls for a 'new contract between the individual and the state'. Chair Sir Stewart Sutherland said it was time for care of elderly people to 'to shake off its 'poor law' past and become part of a modern Britain'.
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Beacon status and 'Oscars' offered for best
The government has unveiled details of the 'beacon services' and Nye Bevan award schemes, first announced last year.
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NHS contemplates race act compliance
Health service managers are considering how to comply with an expected extension of the Race Relations Act in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry.
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High hopes:
Colin Brown, a junior member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, leads a team putting up bird boxes at a Wolverhampton hospital.
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MPs call to limit PFI to pilot projects amid staff and patient care worries
MPs have called for reduced use of the private finance initiative in the health service until its impact has been properly evaluated through pilot schemes.
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Other recommendations of the report
A single pay spine should be introduced for all NHS staff, including ancillary workers.
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Sir William Macpherson's definition of institutional racism
'The collective failure of an organisation to provide an appropriate and professional service to people because of their colour, culture or ethnic origin. It can be seen or detected in processes, attitudes and behaviour which amount to discrimination through unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racial stereotyping.'
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Mergers prompt finance warning
Health service managers in Scotland have been warned to keep tight control of their finances in the face of trust mergers or suffer the chaos that engulfed local authorities.
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Legal adviser survey finds 'weaknesses'
A survey of NHS trusts has found a series of 'key weaknesses' in the performance of legal advisers.
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Rising fraud against NHS in Scotland
Fraud against the NHS in Scotland soared from just 14 reported cases valued at £29,000 to 65 cases totalling £200,000 last year, the commission reports.