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Keeping track - the three different routes for claims
Small claims: for claims up to £5,000 or personal injury claims up to £1,000. Designed to be informal and for the litigant in person. An unlikely forum for clinical negligence claims.
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In the city: London health issues
Detentions under the Mental Health Act in London are nearly twice as high as the national average;
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Mystery as chief resigns
A Birmingham trust chief executive has resigned 'out of the blue' - prompting questions from unions.
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Short cuts Hillingdon chief to head London's millennium work
Philip Brown, chief executive of Hillingdon Hospital trust, has been appointed to co-ordinate work on the year 2000 problem in London by the regional office of the NHS Executive. His appointment coincided with figures showing that 16 NHS organisations were classed as making 'unsatisfactory' progress on year 2000 issues in ...
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Government stops CHI covering private sector
The government has overturned a Lords amendment to the Health Bill which would have allowed the Commission for Health Improvement to regulate both NHS and private hospitals.
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Last chance to resuscitate IHSM
Radical action is only hope institute has of seeing in its 100th birthday
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Lib Dem takes health chair
Kirsty Williams, the Liberal Democrats' Welsh Assembly member for Brecon and Radnorshire, has been appointed chair of its health and social services committee.
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Preventing and dealing with harassment - a case study
Hammersmith Hospitals trust has introduced a number of measures to prevent harassment. The trust has a general policy for dealing with harassment at work and management guidance on handling incidents. This includes mechanisms for:
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Charters to lay down long-term care standards
Local housing, health and social services bodies will be required to co-operate in drawing up joint charters setting out local standards on long-term care under draft government guidance published this week.
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Campaigners win council seats
Campaigners fighting to stop Kidderminster General Hospital being downgraded have won 11 seats in local council elections.
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Short cuts Dental health group calls for water fluoridation law
The National Alliance for Equity in Dental Health, an umbrella body for 40 royal colleges, medical organisations and charities, has called for a government commitment to introduce legislation to force water companies to fluoridate supplies when asked to do so by a health authority to be included in the 'imminent' ...