All Legal articles – Page 119
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Leader
Trusts survey the wreckage as PFI hospitals begin to crumble
Arcane accountancy rules are in danger of costing the NHS control of some of its buildings. As HSJ reveals this week, the Treasury's decision to adopt new international accountancy standards is pushing trusts with private finance initiative debts to consider hiving off their estate to charities.
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News
PFI plan could keep debts off NHS trusts' balance sheets
NHS trusts may hand their private finance initiative hospitals over to specially created charities to avoid reporting PFI debts on their balance sheets, HSJ has learned.The controversial plans would involve trusts ceding control of the hospitals to a third party.
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News
Fujitsu may bring £700m action over IT deal
The Department of Health has refused to comment on reports that former national IT programme contractor Fujitsu is considering suing over the business it lost when its contract was terminated in March.
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News
Sacked nurse begins claim for unfair dismissal
A nurse who was sacked for speaking out about spending cuts takes her case for unfair dismissal to a tribunal today.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legislation on international medical graduates
Confirmation that international medical graduates cannot be excluded from training posts will have significant consequences for NHS employers. Afrene Campbell explains
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News
Medics may lose out on job agency rights
Civil servants are trying to amend a legal 'technicality' that grants junior doctors the same rights as employment agency workers.
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HSJ Knowledge
Publishing mortality rates - the HR challenge
The NHS Choices website has published death rates for four types of surgery at NHS hospitals in England. Claire Reynolds explains how this could affect performance management
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HSJ Knowledge
Freedom of information vs data protection
The House of Lords has recently ruled on the balance to be struck between freedom of information and the protection of personal data. Emma Di Giacomo explains
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News
Fighting fraud
Jon Restell, chief executive of Managers in Partnership, raises concern about the sometimes ambiguous terms of reference used by the NHS Counter Fraud Service, and questions whether such matters should be dealt with by auditors.
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HSJ Knowledge
Dismissal and suspension of non-executive directors
New rules regarding the suspension and removal of non-executive directors have come into force. Mark Leach explains the legislation
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Leader
Management must do more to ensure the NHS is free of racism
Apart from legal and moral obligations to its own staff, there is an even more powerful reason why the NHS needs to be sure it is free of discrimination.
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News
Managers losing sleep as 48-hour week nears
The clock is ticking on the European working time directive, with only a year until junior doctors’ hours are cut. Alison Moore asks if trusts are ready to make the change
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HSJ Knowledge
Defending your trust's reputation against a publicity order
A new legal penalty due to be introduced later this year could represent a real risk to the reputation of the NHS. Agatha Chapman-Poole explains what to do if your trust is served a publicity order
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News
Ruling against 'sexist' bonus
Thousands of female NHS staff will be able to lodge claims for extra pay following a Court of Appeal ruling.
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News
No prosecutions over Maidstone deaths
No-one will face prosecution over the deaths of 90 patients from C difficile at a Kent trust, it was announced today.Kent police and the Health and Safety Executive said they would take no further action after a review prompted by the critical Healthcare Commission report into Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells ...
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News
Hospital malnutrition doubles in two years
The number of serious incidents related to poor nutritional care of hospital patients has almost doubled, figures show.
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News
Appeal court ruling on discriminatory pay
Trusts may be forced to compensate thousands of female workers who missed out on pay protection schemes awarded to their male colleagues.
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HSJ Knowledge
No success for successors in equal pay claims
A ruling that a woman's successor, in the same job, was a valid comparator for an equal pay claim has been overturned. Rachel Heenan and Daniella McGuigan explain the implications
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Comment
Rowan Myron on implementing the Mental Capacity Act
The requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are vitally important for those in the health and social care sectors, but they are taking root too slowly on the front line.
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HSJ Knowledge
Navigating the national IT programme - tips for trusts
Trusts' freedom to manage their own IT procurement is increasing, but just how far does it extend? John Yates explains the finer points