In a guide leaflet to staff about violence, the ambulance trust said that whilst it was "committed to providing high quality patient care", it may "withdraw its services to individuals where staff may be put at risk".
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In 1988, in an apparent swine flu infection in pigs in Wisconsin, there was antibody evidence of virus transmission from the patient to health care workers who had contact with the patient, the CDC said.
Sold under an NHS Salisbury logo, "well over half" of the profits will go directly back to patient care, Mr Cassells said.
Mr Dobson said the proposal "responds directly to widespread patient concerns about poor care in parts of the private sector".
MPs said the Care Quality Commission (CQC) failed to protect patient safety.
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Trust chairman David Wakefield said patient care would not suffer and managers were hoping to avoid compulsory redundancies, but some would be inevitable.
In a letter to peers, who will debate the changes next week, nearly 400 public health experts said the changes must be rejected as they represented a risk to patient care and safety.
He said new plans, including the need to tailor care to the individual patient, were being drawn up.
Stephen Moir, deputy chief executive of Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said plans would be put in place to "avoid any disruption to patient care".
But Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy said patient care - including helping with feeding and taking patients to the toilet - should be carried out by nurses.
She said staff across the NHS were helping "deliver high quality patient care to all".
Managers decided not to do this as it would compromise patient care, but said this course of action was still potentially open.
It also said inspectors saw "instances where nursing staff would start to care for a patient and then be called away before they were able to complete their tasks".
Co-author Prof Frank Nestle said more work was needed on developing IgG4 as a potential test to improve patient care by helping to identify patients most likely to respond to treatments.
He said that some practices had put in place systems to meet the target which were damaging patient care.
Study leader Dr Martin Wildman, consultant in respiratory medicine at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, said in an averagely-sized hospital the decision to admit a patient with COPD to intensive care probably happens once a week - or two to three times a week in winter.
Mr Poots said he recognised Dr Flanagan's dedication to his role and thanked him for his commitment to patient care.
"The whole health economy, including clinical commissioning groups, local hospitals and the West Midlands Ambulance Service, is working together to reduce these pressures and high quality patient care remains a priority, " he said.
"Those of us who want patient-centered health care have had two years to repeal it, " Hensarling said.
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The NHS trust, which employs 3, 100 people, said the proposals had been subject to a detailed risk assessment looking at the impact on clinical outcomes, patient care and safety.
The report said there were deficiencies at "virtually every stage" of emergency care and managers pursued targets to the detriment of patient care.
It said that following an inspection by the CQC in early 2011, "significant changes have been made to ensure patient care is excellent".
"I have a responsibility to any patient to treat their illness, and care for them as much as is possible, " he said.
The trust said the hospital was in urgent need of being updated to help staff work more efficiently and to improve emergency care and patient privacy and dignity.
The RCM said if action was taken it would fall short of an all-out strike as they did not want to harm patient care, but it could include working to rule.
"In spite of support measures which have been put in place previously to assist the trust, and the actions which have been taken, there needs to be further progress in the improvement of patient experience and care in the northern area, " he said.
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