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Action on CJD doubles cost of blood to trusts
Trusts could see the cost of blood more than double next year as a result of the 'mad cow disease' crisis.
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Merger to go ahead after split over trust finance rules
A proposed trust merger, halted this summer after HSJ revealed that the Department of Health was split over legal rules, is to go ahead.
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In brief: Legal Aid Board
The Legal Aid Board is inviting law firms to apply for franchises to handle medical negligence work from January 1999. From summer 1999, only those firms with franchises will be allowed to do such work on legal aid . The change is likely to mean that most large medical negligence ...
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Psychiatrists spark anger
A five-year campaign by the Royal College of Psychiatrists to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness got off to a rocky start this week when aggrieved service users planned a protest march on the day of the launch.
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.