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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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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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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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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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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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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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Unison delights in contracts battle 'victory'
Unison this week claimed victory in its battle against trust contracts when Chase Farm Hospitals trust confirmed that new staff would no longer be offered them.
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Don't count your dosh before it's delivered
Though I'm too old to be a junior hospital doctor, it's an occupational hazard in my line of work to be woken at night to diagnose troublesome cases. So naturally I was wheeled out mid-week to examine an inflamed Times headline which was obviously running a temperature.
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Casual workers could win employee benefits
Thousands of casual workers may have won the right to holiday pay, maternity leave, sick pay and other employee benefits following a ground-breaking judgement by the Court of Appeal at the end of March. The ruling means that part-time workers without a job contract who work on an 'as required' ...
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Colleagues betrayed me, says Bristol doctor
A surgeon told the General Medical Council this week that disloyal doctors spread allegations of the 'awful' death rate of his infant patients throughout England and Scotland without telling him.
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A stab at putting Bill to rights
Last month, the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality, established in September 1996 to fulfil the president's campaign promise to deal with the growing public backlash against managed care, presented its final report to him.
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Border-line decision
Scotland's health councils believe they are set for a funding boost which will help raise their profile. Barbara Millar reports