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No additional funding for flu jabs for NHS staff
The NHS Executive has decided that immunising NHS staff against influenza 'should be regarded as an acceptable part of planning the coming winter' because of the 'exceptional' millennium period. But no additional money will be made available. New guidance says 'employers deciding to offer vaccine will do so on the ...
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Act compels NHS to provide buildings access for all
The latest stage of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 came into force on Friday, requiring service providers to take 'reasonable steps' to ensure that they can be used by disabled people .
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WEB WATCH
'For many years all that could be seen of the new British Library was the building site through a hole in the boards thoughtfully created by the builders, knowing how fascinating most of us find the creation of a large building,' writes the development team for the new National Electronic ...
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Opportunity knocks
'For the first time, a government is standing up to be counted - setting specific standards against which we'll be judged, tackling poverty and its causes,' social security secretary Alistair Darling declared last week.
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Drawing the line
mental health: Psychiatric nurses have a valuable role in prioritising patients referred to community mental health teams, writes Phil McEvoy