All Health Service Journal articles in 1998-12-12 – Page 3
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Applicants who are refused legal aid in medical negligence cases will be able to have the merits of their case reviewed by the charity Action for Victims of Medical Accidents under new arrangements being introduced by the Legal Aid Board. AVMA will draw up an independent report, to be available ...
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Open meetings must not become 'cosmetic'
Guidance setting out the detail of health secretary Frank Dobson's determination to 'end excessive secrecy in the NHS' says trust and health authority boards must not allow open meetings to become a 'cosmetic exercise'.
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Central support available for PCGs if HA liabilities threaten
Central support will be available 'in exceptional cases' to ensure primary care groups are not knocked off course by 'unacceptably high' health authority liabilities.
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A lot on the Christmas plate Controversial announcements get wrapped up in the seasonal confusion
Keeping busy? This week sees not only the launch of the mental health strategy, but the latest NHS league-tables, the replacement for the Patient's Charter, the tobacco white paper, a major anti-fraud initiative and more guidance for primary care groups, while for good measure the public accounts committee released its ...
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Anger marks charter update
The launch of much-delayed government plans for revamping the Patient's Charter has been marred by anger among advisers asked to help develop a new document.
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Where there's a saving, there's also a loss
All this talk about general practices keeping savings seems a little out of touch (News Focus, pages 14-15, 19 November).
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GP fees for telephone advice Phoney argument militates against old- fashioned common sense...
Any system whereby we bring our services and advice nearer to the patient should be remunerated. In the near future, we will be having online consultations with specialists via electronic imaging.
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Huge NI hospital shake-up in bid to secure future of acute service
A radical shake-up of Northern Ireland's hospitals has been launched by the government in a bid to end uncertainty about the future of acute services.
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We need action not words on rights and education for lesbians and gay men
The slogan for this year's World AIDS Day was 'Force for change, world AIDS campaign with young people'.
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