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Days like this
news: Hospitals take longer to build in the NHS... Lord Trafford gets a job in reshuffle... Doctors launch poster blitz... Setback for Scots trusts...
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Pay for today: the Coughlan case
The Appeal Court judgement in the Coughlan case was that the NHS is not solely responsible for all nursing care. This overturned an earlier High Court decision, which had raised the hopes of thousands of families with relatives in means-tested homes that their fees might be reduced - and raised ...
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No butts: the health select committee investigation
The inquiry is expected to start in November. The terms of reference are: 'The committee will examine what action the tobacco industry has taken and is currently taking, in response to the scientific knowledge of the harmful effects of smoking and the addictive nature of nicotine. It will also assess ...
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WEB WATCH
'This site is under construction... literally,' reads the blurb. Work on Dartford and Gravesham's new £100m hospital, the first to be built under the private finance initiative, is now fairly far advanced. New roads have been built, the helipad is complete, and the builders are keen to show off their ...