Home-care review launched
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A review of the province&#39;s controversial home-care contracts has come too late for Roxanne Dowling. The home-care worker was laid off eight days ago by Community Care East York, after the non-profit agency
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New rules are coming that will require Ontario&#39;s 600 nursing home to have nurses on site and publish &quot;scorecards&quot; on the care they offer.
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Plans for regular testing of doctors are  reviewed following recommendations by the Shipman Inquiry.
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Business & money: Home information packs are one month old today, but Hip providers have accused councils of time-wasting and costly delays.
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A website aims to allow patients to see how private and voluntary hospitals and health providers are performing.
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A review of cancer services in Wales says patient care needs better planning and managers must work together.
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The assembly government plans to use its new powers to overhaul home care charges, the BBC understands.
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The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceuticals sector to try to find ways of making medicines more easily available to the world's poorest people.
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Families with people who have learning disabilities are urged to report experiences of the NHS.
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Hospital spot checks may be conducted amid concerns on standards of elderly care, the health watchdog warns.
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A new independent watchdog is being launched in England to counter criticism that GCSEs and A-levels are getting easier.
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Patients will be allowed to compare the quality of the clinical care provided in each NHS department.
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The revised &quot;Medical checkup standards for Civil servants enrollment (trial)&#39;&#39; has been published online. Compared with the original one there are great amendments for the revised one.
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Britain&#39;s media regulator Ofcom has  launched a review of public service broadcasting to examine how  it should be provided in a world dominated by digital TV and  the Internet.
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A quarter of parents say they worry about whether they are looking after their children properly, a study says.
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More support and information is needed to help women give birth at home, a campaign group says.
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An investigation focused on Medicaid fraud has also shed light on outdated oversight policies that experts said have allowed the home health care industry to escape adequate scrutiny.