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NewsBasildon handed fine over death of disabled patient
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been fined £50,000 plus £40,000 costs following the death of a patient with cerebral palsy.
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NewsHigh-risk psychiatric patients fitted with GPS
Some high-risk psychiatric patients are being fitted with satellite tracking devices by hospitals to stop them escaping and reoffending.
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NewsASBO issued to patient who faked illness
A homeless man with over 70 aliases, who became an expert at faking illness so he could gain overnight admittance to hospitals, was issued with a three year criminal ASBO.
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NewsMonitor chair wants FTs off public balance sheet
Foundation trusts should be freed from one of the shackles put in place during the Labour government’s internal battle over their creation, Monitor’s new chair has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeImplementing the Safer Childbirth standards
Teams across the country are piloting risk-minimising practices for maternity services to help avoid mishaps and litigation, says Rebecca Fitzpatrick
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NewsTrust warned over asbestos breach
The Health and Safety Executive has issued an improvement notice to NHS Wiltshire.
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NewsTranssexual loses NHS breast enlargement legal challenge
A transsexual has lost her High Court battle over the refusal to fund a breast enlargement operation on the NHS.
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NewsHospital trust pays out over age discrimination
A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the manager missed out on a promotion for being too old.
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NewsCourt to rule on transsexual case
The legal right of a transsexual to NHS funding for a breast enlargement operation is due to be ruled on by the High Court.
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News£40,000 payout for family of out of hours overdose victim
The family of a pensioner who died after he was administered a fatal pain relief overdose by an overseas locum doctor have accepted £40,000 in compensation, their lawyers have revealed.
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NewsHealth boards report increase in assaults
Seven out of 14 Scottish health boards have reported an increase in assaults against NHS workers, according to Labour justice spokesman Richard Baker.
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NewsMMR row doctor struck off register
The doctor at the centre of the MMR row has been struck off the medical register.
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NewsTrust to be sentenced over disabled man's death
A hospital trust will be sentenced on Monday after admitting patient safety failings over the death of a severely disabled man.
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HSJ KnowledgeRedundancy in the NHS: how to ensure fairness
If you have to let people go, make sure the process is compassionate and fair, says Michael Moran
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HSJ KnowledgeTips for preventing hospital violence
From workplace design to forward planning, prevention is the watchword as trusts aim for a trouble free future
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GUM data ruled off limits to commissioners
Commissioners have no right to check where the users of their local acute trust’s genito-urinary medicine service are resident for billing purposes, according to a recent arbitration.
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NewsDH seeks solvency assurances from NHS Employers
The Department of Health is seeking assurances that NHS Employers is solvent before it will sign a new contract, after serious concerns were raised over its management and finances.
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News£100,000 fine over hospital death
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay £100,000 after a mother who had just given birth died due to a mix-up between “identical looking” drugs.
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NewsLansley orders probe into chief's sacking
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has ordered an investigation into NHS South West’s role in the sacking of a trust chief executive.
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NewsTrust facing sentence over patient death
A health trust is due be sentenced for breaching health and safety rules after a new mother died following a hospital blunder.