All Legal articles – Page 109
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NewsHealth board rapped over data loss
The data protection watchdog has criticised a health board in Scotland over two incidents in which patients’ medical records were lost.
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NewsMonitor accuses DH of undermining FT independence
Foundation trusts and Monitor have warned that the details of the government’s plans to de-authorise foundations risk “undermining” the trusts and their regulator.
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NewsCalls to suspend working time directive to cope with swine flu pressures
Campaigners have called on the government to suspend EU rules that limit doctors to working 48 hours a week in a bid to cope with the mounting pressure on the NHS caused by swine flu.
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NewsPrivate patients 'have full NHS rights'
Private patients have full rights to NHS critical care treatment if required, according to a newly ratified protocol.
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NewsChallenge to psychiatric hospital smoking ban fails
An appeal against a High Court ruling that bans smoking in high security psychiatric hospitals has been rejected by law lords in London.
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NewsTrust apologises over death of baby
Nottingham University Hospitals trust has apologised over “shortcomings” after a baby died of a suspected salt overdose after being put on a saline drip.
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NewsNHS fraudster escapes jail sentence
The head of orthotics for Nottingham University Hospitals trust has lost his job and been handed a suspended 12 month prison sentence for defrauding the NHS of more than £21,000.
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NewsMinisters to exert power over Monitor
Health secretary Andy Burnham plans to change the law so ministers can instruct foundation trust regulator Monitor to intervene where organisations are failing.
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NewsBetter communication could avoid deaths in hospital
The first annual summary of coroners’ reports into the circumstances around avoidable deaths has highlighted the need for better hospital communication processes.
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NewsNICE issues guidance to help spot child abuse
Doctors and nurses will be given guidance to help them recognise children who are at risk of physical or sexual abuse, it has been announced.
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NewsTrust chief moves to SHA before critical report
A chief executive at a trust that “tolerated poor and mediocre practices” and failed to properly investigate serious incidents has been given a job at NHS London.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to use an ASBO to prevent bad behaviour
Employees should not work in fear. NHS organisations can apply for a controlling order against threatening members of the public, advise Judith Sharratt and Gemma Brannigan
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NewsData protection warning as more trusts lose patient records
Hospital trusts have been told of the importance of data security after the Information Commissioner’s Office found five more organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act.
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NewsTrusts still fail to give whistleblowers a voice
More than a decade after trusts were told to give staff ‘maximum freedom of speech’, health workers are still scared to raise concerns about care. We look at why whistleblowers are not getting the protection they deserve
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News'Slow' take-up of detention safeguards for vulnerable people
Safeguards brought in to prevent vulnerable people from being arbitrarily detained in hospital are not being used, according to legal experts.
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NewsE-prescribing 'could cut cost of human negligence'
Electronic prescribing systems that reduce the possibility of human error could cut clinical negligence claims by more than 70 per cent, according to US hospital chain Banner Health.
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NewsEuropean working time directive will cause 'additional pressures'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has urged trust boards to prepare for the application of the European working time directive to junior doctors on 1 August.
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NewsComputer virus warning for NHS hospitals
NHS computer systems were infected with more than 8,000 dangerous viruses last year, an investigation has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhistleblowers in the NHS: keep in tune with the law
When staff raise concerns about what is happening in their workplace, managers should not respond with a kneejerk threat of dismissal. Have a whistleblowing policy in place and be sure of all the facts, advises Jane Hobson
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NewsDiscrimination claims likely to rise in recession, trusts warned
Trusts are being told to expect a flurry of potentially expensive discrimination claims from employees “putting down the markers” in case they are made redundant.