All Health Service Journal articles in 7 April 2008 – Page 2
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Corporate manslaughter law comes into force
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into effect yesterday.Under the act, companies and organisations can be prosecuted if serious failures in the management of health and safety result in a fatality.
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Trusts must learn from complaints, says Healthcare Commission
Trusts need to learn from patients' complaints and apologise more often when they make mistakes, according to a report published today by the Healthcare Commission.
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Clinicians could serve in Iraq or Afghanistan
Specialist NHS clinicians could opt to be deployed to areas such as Iraq or Afghanistan under the 'sponsored reservist' scheme, health secretary Alan Johnson will today explain.
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GP2GP transfers 100,000 patient records
GP2GP, the national system that enables patients' electronic health records to be transferred directly and securely from one GP practice to another, has completed 100,000 record transfers, Connecting for Health announced today.
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DH appoints new transplant czar
The Department of Health has appointed Chris Rudge as the new clinical director for transplant.
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Councils cut learning disabilities services
Conservative and Labour councils top the list of councils making cuts to social care services, analysis from the Learning Disability Coalition has shown.
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Focus on hospital infections 'misguided'
The focus on MRSA infections in hospital is misguided, an expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has said.Professor Sally Bloomfield has said that attention should also be paid to better hygiene standards in people's homes, to reduce the risk of people taking infections into hospitals when ...
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