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Working group to tackle maternity services crisis
A new working group made up of representatives of health authorities and senior figures from the royal colleges of midwives, paediatricians, and obstetricians and gynaecologists is set to tackle the ongoing crisis in NHS maternity services.Leaked details of previous joint royal college reports, which have remained unpublished, have called for ...
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A fig-leaf to cover confusion
Hinchliffe amendments could defuse embarrassing CHC abolition row
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Mother loses earnings claim
Good news for NHS coffers in the latest judgement on what damages parents who have an unwanted child as a result of medical negligence can claim.
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Four cheers for disruption
Once upon a time it used to be thought that the NHS was unassailable. Even hard-line Conservative ministers came unstuck in their ill-advised attempts to persuade the public that better healthcare systems were available. But under New Labour, the NHS has never looked more frail and vulnerable.
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CHC concessions signify first deviation from NHS plan
The government has been forced to make substantial concessions over patient involvement and representation in the first significant departure from the NHS plan.
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Commission may support male nurse in challenge on pensions
The Equal Opportunities Commission is considering whether to back a male nurse - who is challenging NHS pension rules which give female nurses a better deal on early retirement - in taking his case to the Court of Appeal.
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Third of intermediate care funds siphoned off into 'other priorities'
Concerns about whether the promised funding of intermediate care, outlined in the NHS plan, will be realised have been heightened by figures showing that around a third of this year’s allocation has been spent elsewhere.
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Confed and LGA re-ignite row over care trust representation
Conflict between the NHS Confederation and the Local Government Association over how care trusts will be run reignited this week, when MPs discussed the new bodies.
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In brief
An extra £140m has been allocated to help tackle 'the postcode lottery of care' in the coming financial year bringing the average increase in health authority allocations to 8.9 per cent, according to health secretary Alan Milburn.The NHS research and development budget will rise by 6.6 per cent to £479m.
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Director sues trust for negligence during birth
The clinical director of the accident and emergency unit at Southend Healthcare trust is suing the trust for negligence after he intervened to resuscitate his new-born daughter.Dr Gerard Lane, now working in Belfast, is taking action on behalf of his daughter Heather who was born in September 1998 and is ...
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Bill brings concern over patient confidentiality
Tacked on at the end of the Health and Social Care Bill, now going through Parliament, is a clause which gives the health secretary far-reaching powers to make regulations controlling and prescribing who should be given access to patient information.
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Mutual benefits
Providing advice on benefit entitlements and debt in a primary care setting can help people who might not otherwise have sought advice. Richard Bundy reports
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RCN reneges on staff pay award while in talks over improved deal for top job
The Royal College of Nursing has been accused of being 'insensitive' to its staff, following its decision to cut an agreed pay award for its workforce while negotiating an improved pay package for a new general secretary from the US.
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Ask the boss: the survey sample and methodology
The survey sample in 2000 comprised 64 managers in the most senior post responsible for mental health services in health authorities, local authority social services departments and NHS trusts in London.