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A county council has pledged £5,000 towards a fighting fund being set up by a charity looking at launching a legal challenge against the potential closure of a children’s heart unit.
Read more: Council pledges funds towards JR of plans to close children's heart surgery unit
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The Department of Health has published draft guidance on the duties of health and wellbeing boards.
Read more: Ministers publish draft guidance on duties of health and wellbeing boards
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A NHS trust has been ordered to pay almost half a million pounds in fines and costs for breaches of health and safety laws relating to an incident where a care worker was stabbed at a residential care home.
Read more: NHS trust to pay out £476k for safety failings after care home stabbing
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A recent case has highlighted the problems of expressing advance wishes to end life-sustaining treatment, and has addressed the issue of the costs of the Official Solicitor. Andrew Parsons considers the ruling.