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Ruling on confidentiality cheers HAs
Health authorities will welcome a keenly awaited Court of Appeal judgement, delivered virtually unnoticed just before Christmas, which overturns a High Court ruling banning the use of anonymised patient data on grounds of confidentiality .
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GP hits out at regular checks on competence
A leading GP has attacked moves to force doctors to take regular competence tests as part of a plan to control and manage family doctors .
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Right to compensation in failed vasectomy cases no longer holds
The House of Lords has amazed medical negligence lawyers by overturning the principle, well established in English law since 1985, that parents who produce a healthy child after a failed vasectomy or sterilisation can claim the cost of its upbringing if they can prove negligence.
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Deacon launches group to look at community care
Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has launched a joint future group to look into the delivery of community care in Scotland. The group will be chaired by deputy community care minister Iain Gray, and will include a number of NHS chief executives. Ms Deacon said it would investigate funding, including ...
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The long, good buy
It takes the NHS a scarcely believable two and a half years to buy a computer system. This is nearly twice as long as the rest of the public sector, and is a prime cause of the parlous state of NHS computing.
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The odd couple: I realised we were not going to get rid of this bugger
I didn't like him and he didn't like me.
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Three degrees: different types of booking projects
Whole health authority - Dorset The pilot includes the five trusts in Dorset and all GPs. The aim is to ensure that by 31 March 2005 any
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Good RAPPORT: booking online
This pilot has created an online booking system to enable GPs to book patients directly into specific consultant outpatient clinics. The RAPPORT - rapid access project programme for outpatient review and treatment - system will enhance the existing booking systems. It provides a seamless link between the hospital and GPs ...
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Ministers plan price cuts to rescue beleaguered NHSnet
The cost of using the NHS's internal computer network is set to plummet following a deal hammered out with telecommunications firms.
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Money can't buy you health but its handy for extra beds
Why is the NHS struggling to cope with a flu outbreak yet again? Is it the sheer scale of the infection? Hardly: it may yet reach epidemic proportions, but at a peak so far of 144 sufferers per 100,000 population in England it is modest compared with the 200 recorded ...
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Closed to argument
Another round of mergers is imminent - and that's before PCTs even get their feet under the table. Mark Gould wonders why managers are hell-bent on doing themselves out of jobs
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Keeping it simple: the five priority areas
Improving health The NHS - in partnership with local government and other agencies - must develop local anti-smoking, drugs and teenage pregnancy action plans.
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Test appeal paves way for damages hike
The Court of Appeal will hold an unprecedented five-judge hearing next month which could pave the way for higher damages in medical negligence and other personal injury cases.
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Hunt announces dental project
Junior health minister Lord Hunt announced that the government plans to set up a further 34 phone and go dental services as he opened a Shrewsbury-based project, Dental Matters, this week.
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Lenient sentence for man who stole ambulance sparks anger
Cumbria Ambulance Service trust has described a 29-month driving ban and £400 fine for a man who stole one of its ambulances as particularly lenient.
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Flu crisis puts hospitals on alert but beds inquiry still under wraps
The government came under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its long-delayed beds inquiry as UK hospitals went on red alert to deal with rising numbers of flu admissions.