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Eye opener
One trust has streamlined its referral system for cataract operations - and reduced waiting times dramatically. Bill Stevenson and Pauline Neal report
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Sit up, take notice
A survey of 5,000 patients at a Scottish trust shows hospital experience is often uncomfortable, unco-ordinated, lacking privacy, alienating, noisy. Pat Straw and colleagues report
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A credit to us all
Recruiting clinical support workers eased the pressure on a trust's hardpressed junior doctors and solved its staffing problems, writes David Wright and colleagues
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Variations on a team
A 24-hour interdisciplinary approach to the rehabilitation of patients has reduced lengths of stay and cut patient complaints to zero.Penny Spreadbury and Kay Riley report
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Whistleblower grievances open to public
A new route has opened up for journalists keen to sniff out stories about what is going on in the nation's hospitals.
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Mirror in mole appeal
Privacy and open justice clashed in the whistleblower case (above), and open justice won.
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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.