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04/11/2010
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Patient Rights Bill 'Not Good For Patients'
In response to the Health Committee's report, published today, expressing concern over the Patient Rights Bill, doctors have urged Parliament to reject the general principles of the Bill as it could be detrimental to patient care. The report, published by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, echoes the British Medical Association's (BMA) view by calling into question the need to legislate for patient rights. BMA Scotland supports the intention of putting patients at the heart of the NHS but believes that the legally binding treatment time guarantee in the Bill would not be of benefit to patients and could result in patients suffering due to distorted clinical priorities. Martin Woodrow, BMA Scotland Secretary said: “The treatment time guarantee within the Patient Rights Bill could result in unintended consequences such as distorted clinical priorities which are actually detrimental to patient care. We support the clarification of the rights and responsibilities of NHS patients and staff and the principles of equality and compassion on which the health service is based, however, we do not agree that this should be placed into law. We would now urge the Parliament to reject the general principles of this Bill on the basis that it is unnecessary and could be detrimental to patient care.”
Import Ban Of 'Ivory Wave' Introduced
The Government has today banned the importation of a new psychoactive drug found in some samples of the so-called 'legal high' brand 'Ivory Wave'. The importation ban on 2-DPMP follows advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) which recommended the move to cut the supply of this harmful drug and stop it gaining a foot-hold in the UK. From today the UK Border Agency is able to seize and destroy any shipments of 2-DPMP found at UK borders.
Crime Prevention Minister James Brokenshire said: "Banning the importation of this harmful substance sends out a clear message to unscrupulous traffickers trying to start a market here for their dangerous drugs. The ACMD's advice on 'Ivory Wave' reinforces what we already know - that substances touted as 'legal highs' contain dangerous and illegal substances. Users need to understand they could be breaking the law and risk seriously damaging their mental and physical health."
Aeroplane Firm In Court Over Worker's Injuries
A Lancashire company, which manufactures parts for aeroplanes, has been sentenced after a worker’s left hand was badly injured by a machine. Callender (Lancashire) Aeropart Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the employee’s hand came into contact with a rotating blade in a milling machine at its site on Altham Industrial Estate In July 2009. The 28-year-old from Oswaldtwistle severed a tendon, broke his little finger and badly cut his ring finger. He required an operation to reattach the tendon and needed physiotherapy to regain movement in his little finger. The worker, who has asked not to be named, was cutting a metal part for a fan in a jet engine when the incident happened. He reached across machine to retrieve the metal part he had just cut, but the blade was still moving. Accrington Magistrates’ Court heard that the cutting tool on the machine was not fitted with a guard, despite the issue being raised in a risk assessment carried out by the company 16 months earlier. Callender (Lancashire) Aeropart Ltd admitted breaching Work Equipment Regulations by failing to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. The company, of Metcalf Drive in Altham, was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £3,996 towards the cost of the prosecution. Last year, 35 workers lost their lives and nearly 26,000 suffered serious injuries in the manufacturing industry in Great Britain.
(BMcN/GK)
In response to the Health Committee's report, published today, expressing concern over the Patient Rights Bill, doctors have urged Parliament to reject the general principles of the Bill as it could be detrimental to patient care. The report, published by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, echoes the British Medical Association's (BMA) view by calling into question the need to legislate for patient rights. BMA Scotland supports the intention of putting patients at the heart of the NHS but believes that the legally binding treatment time guarantee in the Bill would not be of benefit to patients and could result in patients suffering due to distorted clinical priorities. Martin Woodrow, BMA Scotland Secretary said: “The treatment time guarantee within the Patient Rights Bill could result in unintended consequences such as distorted clinical priorities which are actually detrimental to patient care. We support the clarification of the rights and responsibilities of NHS patients and staff and the principles of equality and compassion on which the health service is based, however, we do not agree that this should be placed into law. We would now urge the Parliament to reject the general principles of this Bill on the basis that it is unnecessary and could be detrimental to patient care.”
Import Ban Of 'Ivory Wave' Introduced
The Government has today banned the importation of a new psychoactive drug found in some samples of the so-called 'legal high' brand 'Ivory Wave'. The importation ban on 2-DPMP follows advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) which recommended the move to cut the supply of this harmful drug and stop it gaining a foot-hold in the UK. From today the UK Border Agency is able to seize and destroy any shipments of 2-DPMP found at UK borders.
Crime Prevention Minister James Brokenshire said: "Banning the importation of this harmful substance sends out a clear message to unscrupulous traffickers trying to start a market here for their dangerous drugs. The ACMD's advice on 'Ivory Wave' reinforces what we already know - that substances touted as 'legal highs' contain dangerous and illegal substances. Users need to understand they could be breaking the law and risk seriously damaging their mental and physical health."
Aeroplane Firm In Court Over Worker's Injuries
A Lancashire company, which manufactures parts for aeroplanes, has been sentenced after a worker’s left hand was badly injured by a machine. Callender (Lancashire) Aeropart Ltd was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after the employee’s hand came into contact with a rotating blade in a milling machine at its site on Altham Industrial Estate In July 2009. The 28-year-old from Oswaldtwistle severed a tendon, broke his little finger and badly cut his ring finger. He required an operation to reattach the tendon and needed physiotherapy to regain movement in his little finger. The worker, who has asked not to be named, was cutting a metal part for a fan in a jet engine when the incident happened. He reached across machine to retrieve the metal part he had just cut, but the blade was still moving. Accrington Magistrates’ Court heard that the cutting tool on the machine was not fitted with a guard, despite the issue being raised in a risk assessment carried out by the company 16 months earlier. Callender (Lancashire) Aeropart Ltd admitted breaching Work Equipment Regulations by failing to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. The company, of Metcalf Drive in Altham, was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay £3,996 towards the cost of the prosecution. Last year, 35 workers lost their lives and nearly 26,000 suffered serious injuries in the manufacturing industry in Great Britain.
(BMcN/GK)
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