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The Department of Health should conduct an urgent review of the implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), an influential committee of MPs has demanded.
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Disclosures of data in error accounted for more than half of breaches in the first quarter of 2013/14, the Information Commissioner’s Office has reported.
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Lewisham Council has hailed a High Court ruling that the Health Secretary acted unlawfully when he approved a reduction in the services offered at a hospital in the borough.
Read more: Council wins High Court battle over cuts to services at local hospital
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A proposed merger between two NHS foundation trusts would reduce choice in a number of clinical specialties for local patients, the Competition Commission has provisionally concluded.
Read more: Merger of NHS trusts in doubt as watchdog finds loss of patient choice