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In Brief: Patients Association
The public wants legislation to make living wills binding on doctors, according to a MORI poll for the Patients Association. Two out of three of the 1,960 adults surveyed favoured the move.
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In Brief: British Medical Association
The British Medical Association has told a group of Wall Street analysts, who are visiting Britain to assess the impact of litigation on the tobacco industry, that it supports the exploration of 'all legal avenues' to put manufacturers in the dock.
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Ashworth opens board to public
A total of 100 complaints and 1,013 incidents were recorded at Ashworth Hospital in the quarter ending December 1997.
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Ancillary staff could walk out over bonuses
Up to 200 ancillary staff at a Scottish hospital may walk out if managers fail to agree to incorporate bonus payments into basic wages.
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The American way
The white paper may force the NHS down the route of the US health maintenance organisation, argues Allyson Pollock
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Ambulance review: future uncertain
Two ambulance trusts have emerged intact, but the future of five others remains undecided under a proposed shake-up of emergency services in the north of England.
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Aid stays as lawyers gear up to no-win no-fee claims
The Lord Chancellor took a breather last month from leafing through wallpaper books, ransacking the nation's art galleries and unearthing abandoned Pugin water closets. Lord Irvine unveiled his long-anticipated legal aid reforms, which were expected to abolish state aid for all money and damages claims and replace it with free ...
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In Brief: Clinical academics
Clinical academics are to receive a staged pay award of 4.2 per cent this year, after the University Colleges Employers Association agreed to translate the recommendations of the doctors and dentists review body into staff salaries. Nonclinical academics will receive a staged award of 3.8 per cent.
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White paper reconfiguration could leave Scotland with just 27 trusts
Detailed proposals to make a radical reduction in the number of Scottish trusts have been issued by health boards.
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Dyfed Powys aims to wipe out £20m deficit
A Welsh health authority has launched a recovery plan to tackle a £20m deficit in funding for the local health service.
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Supertrust signs up £125k chief executive
A £430m new 'supertrust' this week recruited what is thought to be the country's highest-paid chief executive. David Johnson, once a hospital porter, will head Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust. The post carries 'a remuneration package' of around £125,000.
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10 projects worth £900m given the green light in second wave of PFI
Ten hospital building projects worth almost £900m were given the go-ahead by ministers this week in a second wave of private finance initiative approvals.
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WEB WATCH
What is the world coming to? That bastion of impenetrable bureaucracy, the World Health Organisation, has redesigned its web site, and, for the first time since the Pentagon got the idea of linking up its computers to help it win the third world war, it has become an accessible and ...
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The wrong target
The government's pledge to cut numbers on the waiting list by 100,000 is almost certain to fail. And it's the time they have to wait, not the numbers on the list, that patients care about. Richard Hamblin and colleagues explain
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Serving time
Is the NHS ready to take on prison healthcare? Patrick Butler reports on the current debate
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On the rocks
The proposed closure of London Lighthouse has sent alarm bells ringing throughout the hospice and palliative care movement. Neil Small explains