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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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King's Fund criticises spirit and cost of asylum bill measures
Forcing asylum seekers to disperse around the country will cost the NHS money and increase the risk of racial discrimination, the King's Fund has warned.
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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.
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NAO calls for 'strategic planning' on use of £3bn Scots NHS estate
More strategic thinking is needed to make the best use of Scotland's £3bn NHS estate, according to the National Audit Office.
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Report finds misuse of district nursing services
One in 10 referrals to district nursing services could be inappropriate, according to an Audit Commission report.
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Days like these
National bargaining on way out... warning over GPs' contracts... Dobson's PR demand... White paper gagging claims... Fears over Guy's
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Wait watchers
Casualty Watch observers returned to their posts one month on from a national exercise to discover all was not well. Barbara Millar reports