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Government pushing for insurance to replace legal aid
The Guardian has claimed that government ministers are pushing for people to take out insurance to cover them for catastrophic events, such as injury from medical errors, as a replacement for legal aid. The Guardian article states that it has seen a note from civil servants in...
What will be the impact of ‘TripAdvisor’ reviews of hospitals?
An interesting study hit the headlines yesterday, which has found that patients are accurately predicting which hospitals have high death rates ( Telegraph ) in the form of TripAdvisor-style reviews. The research by Imperial College London showed that the hospitals that achieved good...
A&E closures – the Army’s battle?
Concerns have been raised today about the shortage of doctors at hospitals, which is forcing them to consider bringing in Army medics ( BBC ). Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, has said she is deeply worried about proposals to bring in Army resources at the A&E unit at a...
