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Angry MPs call for end to 'blurred roles' between health and social services
Weed all about it:
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Ashworth: the findings
The allegations made by former patient Stephen Daggett were 'largely accurate'.
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One for the road
The Road Traffic Bill will make it easier for the NHS to claim back treatment costs for crash victims. But will it be worth doing? Seamus Ward finds out
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Collecting charges: how the new unit will work
The task of collecting the charges will be given to the compensation recovery unit, which is part of the Benefits Agency. It will levy a flat- rate fee of £354 for patients treated in accident and emergency departments or outpatient clinics, and a daily rate of £435 for those admitted ...
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Supra troupers
A study into the development of one city's primary care groups found backing for a supra-PCG, which would monitor standards and provide management support. Judith Smith and colleagues explain
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Box 1. Initial set of PCG functions: July 1998
Improve the health of the population within the primary care group
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Key points
Research in Birmingham involving GPs, the health authority and the local medical committee found support for umbrella arrangements for some primary care group functions.
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Sex-change judgement appeal
North West Lancashire health authority is seeking leave to appeal against a judgement quashing its decision not to fund gender reassignment surgery costing £7,000-£9,000 for three male-to-female transsexuals.
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Patients win right to use medical records access act in litigation
A court ruling has now made it clear that there is nothing to stop patients using the Access to Health Records Act - which was never intended to be used in litigation - rather than the standard litigation procedures.
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In brief
The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped manslaughter charges against two doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children - a specialist registrar in paediatric anaesthetics and a registrar in haematology - over the death of a 12-year-old patient wrongly given an injection of vincristine into the spine rather than into ...
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More than half of Northern Ireland's trusts expect to run out of money before the end of the financial year, according to a British Association survey which concluded that the province's hospital service was in 'severe distress'. The survey found that eight out of 14 responding trusts had lost beds ...
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Rushed deadline for three-way merger
Hospital managers in Kent have been ordered to merge three acute trusts in less than four months.
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Assessment centre's restricted role
Consultation has begun on proposals to create a Scottish Health Technology Assessment Centre to evaluate new treatments and advise on their use.
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Environmental 'showpiece' gets £25.7m overhaul
St Mary's Hospital trust has been given the go-ahead for a £25.7m programme to replace the hospital's steel cladding.
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Mental health plan 'failure' exposed
The government's radical overhaul of mental health policy fell victim to inertia, short-term thinking and underfunding when put to the test in a two-day simulation exercise.
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Future Perfect: the findings
Change takes time - despite a great amount of activity, there was little transformation in services.
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Managers moonlight to make up for low pay
Half of NHS managers do not think they are well paid and one in 10 has a second paid job, according to a Unison survey published as part of its campaign for higher pay.
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GPs' retainer scheme 'offers model for NHS'
A £3m project to promote part-time work in general practice could be 'a model for the NHS', leading GPs have argued.