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In Brief: Call for baby walkers to be banned
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists has called for baby walkers to be banned at its annual conference, arguing they can restrict babies' development and lead to 4,000 injuries every year.
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Left holding the babies
Cathryn Leadstone, a pupil at Ormesby comprehensive school in Middlesbrough, with a pile of interactive dolls bought with funds from Teesside health action zone.
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Delays in HIV funding attacked
The government has come under fire over delays dogging both this year's funding and the national strategy for HIV and AIDS, promised three years ago.
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Mirror in mole appeal
Privacy and open justice clashed in the whistleblower case (above), and open justice won.
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In Brief: The Employment Appeal Tribunal
Employment tribunals can be dangerous places. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee alleging race discrimination could launch a new claim of victimisation based on evidence the employers gave at the tribunal hearing the race claim.
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In Brief: Ann Winterton's Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill
Ann Winterton's Medical Treatment (Prevention of Euthanasia) Bill ran out of time for debate and will not now become law. The bill would have prevented doctors withholding nutrition and hydration in cases where patients are not dying - like that of the Hillsborough disaster victim Tony Bland, who spent years ...
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A credit to us all
Recruiting clinical support workers eased the pressure on a trust's hardpressed junior doctors and solved its staffing problems, writes David Wright and colleagues
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Poll victory for A&E campaigners
Campaigners fighting to stop Kidderminster Hospital losing its accident and emergency department have scored a dramatic victory in the Wyre Forest district council elections, held on 4 May.
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Short Cuts: Cardiff and Vale trust launches £3.7m public appeal
A £3.7m public appeal has been launched to build the first phase of a children's hospital for Wales on a site at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.David Durham, chair of Cardiff and Vale trust, which is providing £1.3m, plus the site and infrastructure for the revenue-neutral scheme, said: 'As ...
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14-year wait for award
The High Court approved a £1m settlement last month for Matthew Pearson, 15 this month, who was left with cerebral palsy after his mother, a nurse, underwent an emergency Caesarean section at his delivery.
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West side story
A financial crisis in wealthy Los Angeles county was eased by a federal bail-out - a solution which can have drawbacks of its own, writes Howard Berliner
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Twist to payment saga
The former general manager of a Scottish health board at the centre of a scandal involving over- payments to managers is counter-suing the NHS.
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Over to you
Ready to shape the future of the NHS? The government's 'national' consultation of staff and public has begun, and even those with misgivings are part of it. Lyn Whitfield reports
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A walk-in? Now you're talkin'
New Labour wants every major city to have an NHS walk-in centre, and a study suggests that they will be extremely popular. But are expectations too high? Alison Chapple and colleagues report
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Tea's maid
Steph Clarke, haemotology and blood bank nurse at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, takes a break in its cyber cafe.