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Judges rule that hospitals have a duty to protect voluntary psychiatric patients

Public institutions, including NHS hospitals, have a positive duty to safeguard the right to life of voluntary psychiatric patients as well as patients who are formally detained, the UK Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark judgment.

Published 10 Feb 2012

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Critics attack DSM-5 for overmedicalising normal human behaviour

Published 10 Feb 2012

Seize the chance to agree a lasting settlement on how to fund social care, says Dilnot

Published 10 Feb 2012

Faculty of Public Health calls for the health bill to be withdrawn

Published 9 Feb 2012

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Published 9 Feb 2012

Charity backtracks on cuts to Planned Parenthood funding

Published 9 Feb 2012

Care home resident challenges PCT’s right to hive off services to a social enterprise without a proper tendering process

Published 9 Feb 2012

Doctors in Syria are being forced to treat patients in secret, charity says

Published 9 Feb 2012

Peers vote to put mental health on equal footing with physical health in the NHS

Published 9 Feb 2012

Appetite suppressant was probably responsible for 1300 deaths, study shows

Published 9 Feb 2012

Clinical commissioning groups and councils must have single process for commissioning services for elderly, say MPs

Published 8 Feb 2012

Susceptibility of people with long term illness to depression and anxiety is not recognised, report says

Published 8 Feb 2012

Europe launches investigation into health risks of faulty breast implants

Published 7 Feb 2012

Imperial Tobacco fails to block ban on cigarette displays in Scotland

Published 7 Feb 2012

Southall plans to sue GMC for delays and an unfair trial

Published 7 Feb 2012

Contaminated drugs are held responsible for 120 deaths in Pakistan

Published 7 Feb 2012

European agency prepares for new rules to improve drug safety

Published 7 Feb 2012

GMC says doctors can give medical notes to patients who want to end their lives

Published 7 Feb 2012

Around 1000 women with private sector PIP implants seek NHS help

Published 7 Feb 2012

New evidence of worse outcomes for weekend patients reignites call for seven day hospital services

Published 6 Feb 2012

Death toll from malaria is double the WHO estimate, study finds

Published 6 Feb 2012

Charities plead with government not to delay law on foreign aid commitment

Published 6 Feb 2012

Nearly 2000 amendments are not enough to save health bill, says BMA

Published 6 Feb 2012

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Wendell Potter: Pulling the curtains back on spin

Published 7 Feb 2012

How free healthcare became mired in corruption and murder in a key Indian state

Published 6 Feb 2012

English NHS hospital activity: doing less (with less or the same)?

Published 1 Feb 2012

Into the abyss? How the health bill affects the NHS

Published 1 Feb 2012