All Legal articles – Page 116
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Michael White on euthanasia
Buried away in a Commons debate the other day was a remark that could apply to the unhealthy state of the economy and assorted remedies to cure it, including a large injection of job-boosting cash into the NHS capital building programme.
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Maternity services 'account for half of NHS negligence claims'
Maternity services have accounted for nearly half of the value of clinical negligence claims against the NHS since 1995.
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Task force rejects presumed consent for organ donation
Presumed consent for organ donation has been rejected by an expert government advisory committee.The UK organ donation task force said the risks of moving to the system outweighed the potential benefits.
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How human resources can add value in the NHS
Assessing and redesigning its human resource management model allowed one trust to make the most of its people, as Ian Young explains
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Governance body slams NHS records sift
The health and social care information watchdog has raised concerns that the smallprint in the draft NHS constitution could undermine patient confidentiality.
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Changes to the Mental Health Act
Major changes to the Mental Health Act came into effect last week. The new legislation is a milestone in the reform of mental healthcare.
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Teenage girl wins right to die after PCT drops court case
Herefordshire primary care trust has dropped High Court legal proceedings to place a 13-year-old patient who refuses to have a heart transplant under a child protection order.
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Give asylum seekers access to NHS care, BMA urges
Restricting asylum seekers' access to primary care results in costly treatment having to be accessed later, MPs have been told.
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HSJ Knowledge
Deprivation of liberty - know the law
Primary care trusts need to be aware of new safeguards designed to protect patients being deprived of their liberty. Stephen Evans explains PCTs' duties
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Trust withdraws job offer from chief convicted of drink-driving
A hospital trust has withdrawn the offer of a job from its new chief executive - two weeks after publicly announcing she was to take up the post.Jane Perrin had been due to take over at Trafford Healthcare trust towards the end of the year and had already met some ...
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Concerns over delays to mental health advocacy service
The government is failing to put in place mental health advocates to provide important support and protection to patients, charity Mind has warned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Health service staff security
All NHS staff deserve to work without fear of violence or abuse. New security specialists are helping to provide vital local support
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS data protection and GPs
GPs must take compliance with privacy and data protection law seriously, writes Anne Crofts
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Manchester mental health chief launches dismissal claim
A trust chief executive who triggered weeks of strike action after sacking a trade union official has launched an unfair dismissal claim.Manchester Mental Health and Social Care trust's former chief Sheila Foley resigned in July, the day after a report, commissioned by NHS North West, criticised frequent changes of management ...
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Rose Gibb's pay off challenge: court date set
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, will go to court early next year to try to get a £250,000 pay-off.
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Bill Moyes warns against clawing back foundation trust surpluses
The head of Monitor has warned it would be 'completely bizarre' for the Department of Health to claw back foundation trust surpluses.Executive chairman Bill Moyes' comments came after HSJ revealed the Treasury was considering holding on to all or part of the surplus to ease the financial crisis.
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Community treatment orders: benefit or burden?
The introduction of community treatment orders will pose significant challenges to local service providers. Mark Barnett explains
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Charities and the NHS private finance conundrum
Should NHS organisations set up charities to help them run PFI projects? Ted Powell examines the legal issues involved
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HSJ Knowledge
Complying with freedom of information rules - tips for NHS bodies
Every public body required to comply with the Freedom of Information Act must have in place an approved publication scheme setting out information that must be routinely available to the public.
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NHS could be sued under free market
Plans to create a European Union free market in public healthcare could open the health service to legal challenges from patients demanding treatments that are not available in the UK.