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Counter claims
Remuneration for community pharmacists needs an overhaul. But meanwhile price-fixing on branded drugs must remain, argue John Varnish and colleagues
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Chips with everything
Already stretched to their limits by the year 2000 bug imbroglio, IT managers are now being asked to deliver on Frank Burns' punishing new strategy. Can it be done, wonders Peter Mitchell
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Survey uncovers disabled children's unfit housing
Poor housing is making life harder for disabled children and adding to the burden of parents who care for them, a report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has concluded. The study of 200 families in Yorkshire and north east England found three out of four had homes that were in ...
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RNIB hits out at cataract waiting list 'lottery'
The Royal National Institute for the Blind has condemned the 'lottery' of waiting times for cataract surgery. The RNIB says analysis of NHS figures shows the average waiting time for surgery is 20 weeks, but people living in Newcastle upon Tyne wait for an average of just 12 weeks while ...
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In brief: Civil litigation rules
Civil litigation rules provide for defendants who want to settle a claim to pay money into court.
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In brief: Unison
Unison has welcomed the introduction of the European working time directive, which limits the hours staff can work. But the NHS Executive is still talking to unions about the regulations and says human resources managers should wait until guidance is issued later this month before making changes to staff rotas.
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In brief: Sam Galbraith
Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith this week pledged an extra £338,000 for GP outof-hours services in response to the conclusions of a working group on current practice. It found that co-operatives were seen as a positive development by GPs and patients.
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In brief: NHS
NHS chief executive Sir Alan Langlands has opened a £600,000 intensive care unit at Lister Hospital, Hertfordshire. The old ICU has been turned into a high dependency unit.
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In brief: Duchess of Gloucester
The Duchess of Gloucester has formally opened Hove's Polyclinic, a centre for outpatient services, and Mill View Hospital, for people with mental health problems. The £11m developments by South Downs Health trust opened to patients earlier this year.
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In brief: Sexual Orientation
Gay and lesbian doctors should have the opportunity to be open about their sexuality at work, according to guidance from the British Medical Association, which urges employers to tackle discrimination.
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In brief: Three-month consultatio
A three-month consultation has started on proposals to create two new trusts - one for community services and one for mental health services - across Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and Croydon. Four existing trusts are affected.
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Review bodies told to be 'fair'
NHS pay review bodies must stand up to the government and recommend inflation-busting pay rises for doctors and nurses, unions said last week.
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Report blasts 'failure' of Health of the Nation
Ministers have received a damning report on the 'failure' of the former Conservative government's Health of the Nation programme.
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King's Fund director believes 'rationing is inevitable'
King's Fund director of policy and development Angela Coulter was due to tell an international conference today that 'rationing is inevitable' and politicians 'must take a lead and stop pretending that the NHS can meet all demands'. She was also due to tell the Priorities in Healthcare conference that the ...
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Managers cool over Dobson's plan for bed closures inquiry
Decades of planning based on the assumption that the NHS has too many beds have been challenged by health secretary Frank Dobson's decision to launch an inquiry into whether bed closures have 'gone too far'.
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In brief: Unfair dismissal awards
The government is having second thoughts about removing the ceiling on unfair dismissal awards (now £12,000), which it proposed to abolish in its Fairness at Work white paper. Trade secretary Peter Mandelson is said to be rowing back after an outcry from industry, and the ceiling could instead be lifted, ...
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Hospital funds assault cases
A hospital is to make money available for doctors and nurses to pursue private prosecutions against violent patients when criminal prosecutions fail.
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BMA to appeal over disciplinary procedure ruling
The High Court has upheld the right of trusts to decide which disciplinary procedures to use when doctors are accused of misconduct.
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Continuity announcements
Scottish trust chairs have their work cut out carrying forward health improvement programmes amid major reorganisation. Laura Donnelly reports