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Hospital paper prescriptions to be scrapped to save lives
Deaths caused by prescription errors at NHS hospitals are to be tackled by getting rid of outdated paper systems, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said
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Universal Jobmatch – government ignorance over job outcomes
The government does not know how many people are being employed as a result of its new Universal Jobmatch website, a minister has admitted
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Clegg dismisses unemployment naysayers
Figures show the number of people out of work increased by 15,000 in the first quarter of this year
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Half of UK superfast broadband projects still to start
22 of 44 superfast broadband schemes funded by hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money are still yet to get underway
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7 million UK adults have never been online
Millions of adults across the UK have still never used the internet at a time when the government wants to push public services online
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FEATURES ON GOVERNMENT ISSUES
The infantilisation of education continues...
Speaking to an audience of teachers, the Education Secretary Michael Gove asked why one set of history teaching resources for 15- and 16-year-olds suggested depicting the rise of Hitler as a 'Mr Men' story. And he promised to ''abjure Ciceronian rhetorical tricks''Don't hold your breath for a solution to the A&E crisis
A return of out-of-hours GP cover could be used to ease the strain on A&E departments but doctors will be reluctant, writes Professor Malcolm Prowle of the Health and Social Care Finance Research Unit at Nottingham Business School
''Think about UKIP and what it is offering''
Labour leader Ed Miliband used a speech to the Progress annual conference to attack the United Kingdom Independence Party as a backward thinking party wanting to curb women's rights. Here's what he said...
Win, lose or draw – does it matter to local government officers?
What happens when a new team takes over at the local council, when the naturally ''hands off'' crew gives way to the ''hands on'' crew and vice versa? Blair McPherson weighs up the pros and cons
Special report: Patient centered advocacy - avoiding scandals like Mid Staffs and Winterbourne
Poor decisions can result from clever people when stronger voices overwhelm group discussions and this can been seen in health and social care, writes Kate Mercer. Person centred practice is needed
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THE THINGS THEY SAY...
We need to test that old adage that, in theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice – but in practice, there is. 
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