Posts Tagged ‘ service ’

NHS chief must go over health service horror: Hospitals face closure for covering up medical mistakes after review into trust where 1,200 died from neglect

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January 7, 2013

A raft of recommendations in a public inquiry into the deaths of up to 1,200 people at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust will say hospitals that cover-up mistakes should be closed.
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MP’s £80,000-a-year chauffeur service is off the rails

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January 6, 2013

SIMON Burns under fire for shunning train commute as inflation-busting rail fares soar
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Wide-ranging NHS reforms to be recommended by report into scandal-hit Stafford Hospital

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January 6, 2013
Wide-ranging NHS reforms to be recommended by report into scandal-hit Stafford Hospital

Wide-ranging reforms of the National Health Service will be recommended by a public inquiry into serious failings of care at a scandal-hit hospital, it was reported today.
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Stafford report to urge NHS changes

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January 6, 2013
Stafford report to urge NHS changes

Wide-ranging reforms of the National Health Service will be recommended by a public inquiry into serious failings of care at a scandal-hit hospital, it has been reported.
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Not so secret: The secretive Special Boat Service advertises for recruits for the first time

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January 5, 2013

Hunt is on for heroes as soldiers join other regiments to get “up close with the Taliban”
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Stafford Hospital scandal: deaths force NHS reforms

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January 5, 2013
Stafford Hospital scandal: deaths force NHS reforms

Sweeping reforms of the National Health Service will be demanded by a public inquiry into one of the worst scandals in NHS history.
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UK service sector activity falls

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January 4, 2013

Activity in the UK's services sector fell for the first time in two years in December, a survey suggests, raising fears for the economy.
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NHS ‘facing equal pay timebomb’

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January 4, 2013

A high number of equal pay claims in the Scottish health service means it faces a "financial timebomb", say opposition parties.
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Arthur Collis obituary

Arthur Collis obituary

My friend and colleague Arthur Collis, who has died aged 96, was one of many people whose lives were completely changed by the second world war. His work in the Pacifist Service Unit (PSU) in the East End of London during the blitz exposed him to the p...
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NI police condemn murder attempt on officer

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December 31, 2012
NI police condemn murder attempt on officer

Police Service of Northern Ireland Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton has condemned the terrorists who planted a bomb under the car of a police officer in Belfast.
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NI police condemn murder attempt on officer

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December 31, 2012
NI police condemn murder attempt on officer

Police Service of Northern Ireland Assistant Chief Constable George Hamilton has condemned the terrorists who planted a bomb under the car of a police officer in Belfast.
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Has Rowan Williams been a good archbishop of Canterbury? | Poll

Has Rowan Williams been a good archbishop of Canterbury? | Poll

Rowan Williams has given his final service before stepping down as archbishop of Canterbury. How do you assess his 10-year tenure? Can it be judged a success?
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1m apply for apprenticeships in 2012

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December 31, 2012
1m apply for apprenticeships in 2012

1.13m applications were received via National Apprenticeship Service database, with only 106,000 vacancies advertisedMore than 1 million applications for apprenticeships were submitted in 2012, far more than the number of vacancies available.According ...
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Expedia: Mysteriously cancelled reservations, falsely booked travel dates and huge financial losses

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December 30, 2012

Two American ex-pats are fighting a losing battle with Expedia after the travel service giant listed the hotel they own on Mexico's Caribbean Coast as sold out thought the end of 2013 - even though it's not.
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Kate misses royal church service

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December 30, 2012
Kate misses royal church service

The royals have attended church at Sandringham without the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
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New year honours are little more than postcard pomp | Tanya Gold

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December 29, 2012
New year honours are little more than postcard pomp | Tanya Gold

Our system for rewarding public service is an absurd hangover from feudal times. The status it bestows is meaninglessRepublicans think the honours system is absurd, with the Queen the font of all honour in the land, clippety-clop, doffety-cap. The imag...
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UK-wide witness protection programme to be launched in 2013

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December 28, 2012
UK-wide witness protection programme to be launched in 2013

UK Protected Persons Service, say police, will enhance support and safeguards for those who risk life giving evidence in courtA nationwide witness protection service is to be launched to improve co-ordination between police forces and safeguard those w...
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Public must accept reforms if NHS is to survive, warns hospitals chief

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December 28, 2012
Public must accept reforms if NHS is to survive, warns hospitals chief

Hospitals must provide fewer services if it is to cope with growing demand caused by ageing population, says Mike FarrarThe public need to accept the closure of many hospital units and live healthier lives if they want the health service to survive, ac...
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Service personnel could be hit by ‘bedroom tax’

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December 26, 2012
Service personnel could be hit by ‘bedroom tax’

Territorial Army soldiers and other Service personnel could be penalised by the Government's new "bedroom tax", officials admit.
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The Queen smiles at church service but grandsons miss it

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December 26, 2012

HER Majesty, 86, recovers from a cold and braves drizzling rain in Sandringham — but Harry and William unable to attend
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Queen shakes of cold to attend Christmas Day church service

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December 25, 2012

THE Queen joined the rest of the royals for the traditional church service at Sandringham this morning
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