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Doctor entitled to reject job
An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has set aside a finding by an employment tribunal that a doctor did not act unreasonably in refusing a suitable alternative job offer after he was made redundant, and was therefore entitled to redundancy payment.
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Mind report seeks to dispel 'myths' over homicides
Mental health charity Mind marked world mental health day on Monday with the publication of a report designed to 'explode the myths' surrounding dangerousness and the link with mental health problems. Its figures from a 1999 study show that 95 per cent of homicides are committed by people without mental ...
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More Londoners are killed by pollution than die on roads
A report launched at the first meeting of the London Health Commission, set up by mayor Ken Livingstone, today claims that more people die from transport-related pollution than road accidents in the capital.
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Dentists receive first wave of payments for loyalty
The first payments to reward dentists working in the General Dental Service 'for their commitment to the NHS' will be made this week. The scheme gives additional monies to dentists aged 35 and over who have worked at least five years in the last decade and received gross earnings of ...
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Denham launches 'zero tolerance'plan on violence
The Department of Health has launched guidance on tackling violence in mental health, ambulance, community and primary care settings, 'where staff are most at risk of attack'. Launching the guidance, health minister John Denham said he was 'determined'to turn the NHS into a 'zero tolerance zone'for violence. The guidance lists ...
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Days like this
Shadow health secretary Robin Cook told the Labour Party conference: 'The Tories have had 10 years to run down the NHS, and it will take time to put it right. But we are determined to do it. 'He stressed this would not be an easy job, and it could take ...
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UK and EU courts rule on pensions
NHS pension scheme rules which provide for a survivor's pension for a widow or widower but not an unmarried partner are coming under challenge in both the UK and European courts.
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New credo, new code
IHM chief executive Stuart Marples this week urged managers to put aside 'command and control' management and adopt a 'new credo in which they would be guides' to develop their staff.
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Trust chief under fire
The chief executive of South Warwickshire General Hospitals trust has been suspended while an investigation into 'certain administrative procedures'- understood to mean waiting lists - takes place.
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Fluoride study fails to spark major changes
The publication of the 'most comprehensive review of research on water fluoridation' has done nothing to unite fiercely pro and anti-fluoridation lobby groups.
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Union challenge to halted holiday leave
Unions are challenging a deal made by Lanarkshire Acute trust in Scotland which will see holiday leave stopped for three months during the move to two private finance initiative sites.
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Human rights cases gather momentum
A patient at Broadmoor special hospital who was forcibly given medication has won permission to go to the Court of Appeal, in one of the first human rights cases to reach court on 2 October, the day the Human Rights Act came into force.
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Call to highlight screening's limits
Screening programmes should be re-named 'risk-reduction programmes' to help educate people about their limits, according to the UK national screening committee.
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Clean break
Regulating the health profession requires tact. But the new Council has to go to the heart of the matter, says Celia Davies
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Conference with extra bite
Health secretary Alan Milburn believes the NHS must be the best, as well as the biggest, employer in the land. 'Don't wait for advice: start now' was the message to the Institute of Healthcare Management. Lyn Whitfield and Tash Shifrin report
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'Politics bias'attacked
The commissioner for public appointments has called for greater openness about the political affiliation of public appointees in the NHS.