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Ruling on confidentiality cheers HAs
Health authorities will welcome a keenly awaited Court of Appeal judgement, delivered virtually unnoticed just before Christmas, which overturns a High Court ruling banning the use of anonymised patient data on grounds of confidentiality .
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Right to compensation in failed vasectomy cases no longer holds
The House of Lords has amazed medical negligence lawyers by overturning the principle, well established in English law since 1985, that parents who produce a healthy child after a failed vasectomy or sterilisation can claim the cost of its upbringing if they can prove negligence.
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Warning on disability discrimination
An out-of-court settlement by the large construction company, John Laing plc, is a salutary warning for employers of the dangers of rejecting job applicants on the basis of their mental health history, rather than current evidence of their ability to do the job.
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Didn't they do well?
Knight: Professor George Alberti, president of the Royal College of Physicians, for services to diabetic medicine.
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Ministers plan price cuts to rescue beleaguered NHSnet
The cost of using the NHS's internal computer network is set to plummet following a deal hammered out with telecommunications firms.
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Falklands help
Two NHS trusts will provide support to the Falkland Islands when military services are withdrawn as part of defence restructuring.
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Fox floats prescription scheme
Shadow health secretary Dr Liam Fox has unveiled a plan to allow patients whose conditions have not changed to collect repeat prescriptions from a pharmacist without seeing their GP .
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Hunt announces dental project
Junior health minister Lord Hunt announced that the government plans to set up a further 34 phone and go dental services as he opened a Shrewsbury-based project, Dental Matters, this week.
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Lucky 13 will be first-wave PCT pioneers
Just 13 primary care trusts have been chosen to spearhead the governments revolution in primary care in April.
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Vote signals unity for Confederation
The NHS Confederation this week promised a year of real delivery and increasingly assertive political influence as it voted in a new unified constitution.
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Lenient sentence for man who stole ambulance sparks anger
Cumbria Ambulance Service trust has described a 29-month driving ban and £400 fine for a man who stole one of its ambulances as particularly lenient.
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Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps
The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.
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How was it for you?
Greenwich Healthcare trust (London) In accident and emergency it was quite quiet [on new years eve]. At 1 1.55pm there were 36 policemen watching TV and about one patient.
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Warning over cost variation
The publication of tables showing huge differences in the cost of hospital treatment has been greeted with some scepticism by senior managers.
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Trusts defend themselves against expensive ranking in index
Trusts divided sharply in their response to the new schedule of reference costs, depending on whether they were ranked among the cheapest or most expensive in the country .
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GP hits out at regular checks on competence
A leading GP has attacked moves to force doctors to take regular competence tests as part of a plan to control and manage family doctors .
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MP's to investigate comprehensive spending review
The Commons Treasury select committee has announced an investigation into the governments comprehensive spending review, focusing on the accountability of the new cross-departmental studies that will form part of it. The Treasury has said that as part of the next review, 13 cross-cutting reviews will be carried out. They include ...
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Deacon launches group to look at community care
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched a joint future group to look into the delivery of community care in Scotland. The group will be chaired by deputy community care minister Iain Gray, and will include a number of NHS chief executives. Ms Deacon said it would investigate funding, including ...
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Scottish Parliaments finds £500,000 for safety
The Scottish Parliament has found £500,000 to support health and safety in the NHS in Scotland, to be spent on measures such as mobile phones and security alarms for nurses.
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£1m to reduce pressure on junior doctors in Wales
Welsh trusts are being given £1m to assist them with reducing the intensity of work faced by junior doctors. The money will be used to ensure junior doctors have a reasonable expectation of six to eight hours rest when on call continuously, if possible. British Medical Association Welsh secretary Bob ...