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Title	News Summary	Release Date
Health workers stage work to rule	Health workers will hold a day of action across the UK today in protest at a "derisory" three year pay deal worth around 8%.	03/12/2008
Learning disability support fears as numbers rise	An unexpected rise in the number of people with learning disabilities will leave thousands without support, a group of charities said today.	03/12/2008
Disability equality	The Government has today highlighted progress towards achieving its ambition of equality for disabled people by 2025 with the publication of a series of reports from 11 Secretaries of State, the Office for Disability Issues' (ODI) annual report and...	03/12/2008
Epilepsy drugs during pregnancy 'increase autism risk'	Pregnant women taking a drug used to treat epilepsy may be increasing their child's chance of developing autism, research suggested today.	02/12/2008
Disabled sailor plans second round-Britain trip	A yachtswoman will make a second attempt at becoming the first female quadriplegic to sail solo around Britain next year after being forced to abandon her first trip.	29/11/2008
Charges over elderly residents' treatment dropped	Staff at a care home where residents were dubbed "thieves" and left to sit in their own filth escaped prosecution today after legal chiefs confirmed they would not appeal against a judge's ruling to halt proceedings.	28/11/2008
Minister invites third sector to join digital debate	Charities, voluntary and community organisations are being invited to join in the digital inclusion debate.	28/11/2008
'Fit notes' to cut £100bn sickness absence bill	The 60-year-long tradition of a doctor writing sick notes is to be replaced with "fit notes", detailing duties which workers can carry out, in a bid to cut down the £100 billion cost to the economy of ill-health, the Government announced...	25/11/2008
Call to scrap direct NHS board elections	Medical chiefs today called on MSPs to reject plans for direct elections to NHS Boards.	19/11/2008
NHS staff regularly breach security rules - survey	NHS staff are regularly breaching security rules by sharing "smartcards" to access patient records, according to a poll out today.	19/11/2008

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