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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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Lib Dems seek to outlaw anti-elderly discrimination
Refusal of treatment because patients are too old would be outlawed under a bill sponsored by Twickenham Liberal Dem-ocrat MP Vincent Cable.
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Licensing flaws
There is a lack of incentive for firms or hospitals to change an unsatisfactory status quo when it comes to unlicensed drug use in children,
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GP premises law could boost HAZs
The government is considering secondary legislation to give health action zones 'new freedoms' and incentives to develop primary care premises in deprived areas.
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Empathy is the enemy of the lawyer's bill
Trusts and contracts By Andrew Coulson The Policy Press 318 pages £16.99
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Manager's merger lawsuit raises 'wider issues'
The First Division Association has raised concerns about the treatment of managers involved in trust mergers after taking legal action on behalf of a former Welsh ambulance trust officer.
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Lawyers at large
The legal and ethical aspects of telemedicine By BA Stanberry Royal Society of Medicine Press 172 pages £19.99
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'Iron law' of wealth
A better state of health A prescription for the NHS By John Willman Profile Books 297 pages 8.99
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Pledged change to mental health law held up until general election
Plans to overhaul the 1983 Mental Health Act may not be realised until after the next general election, key mental health groups say.
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Mental health law changes likely in capacity-to-consent grey area
Changes to mental health law and practice are likely to follow the judgment of the House of Lords in L v Bournewood Community and Mental Health trust, in which the law lords approved the practice of informally admitting apparently compliant patients who lack the capacity to consent.
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Mental health law changes likely in capacity-to-consent grey area
Changes to mental health law and practice are likely to follow the judgment of the House of Lords in L v Bournewood Community and Mental Health trust, in which the law lords approved the practice of informally admitting apparently compliant patients who lack the capacity to consent.
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Law Lords overturn illegal detention ruling
Managers and patient groups have welcomed a Law Lords ruling which will mean thousands of people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act can be treated as voluntary patients again.
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New powers for commissioner 'can cut lawsuits against NHS'
New powers for the health service commissioner to investigate clinical complaints could mean fewer legal actions against the NHS, his annual report suggests today.
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Trust chair checks law after hepatitis op case
A trust chair is considering a legal challenge to guidelines that allow doctors carrying communicable diseases to perform operations.
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In the frame of the law
Clinical governance will put chief executives in the firing line on medical issues. Pat Healy reports
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In Brief: Public Law Project
The Public Law Project, a charity which helps bring legal challenges to decisions of public bodies, runs an NHS advice line staffed by solicitors for NHS users 'who have problems with NHS bureaucracy'.
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Aid stays as lawyers gear up to no-win no-fee claims
The Lord Chancellor took a breather last month from leafing through wallpaper books, ransacking the nation's art galleries and unearthing abandoned Pugin water closets. Lord Irvine unveiled his long-anticipated legal aid reforms, which were expected to abolish state aid for all money and damages claims and replace it with free ...
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CHCs demand new law to end HAs' 'closed-door meetings'
Community health council leaders are demanding changes in the law and new guidance on openness to stop health authorities going behind closed doors to vote through service cutbacks.