All Legal articles – Page 126
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Foreign exchange
How can we ensure we collect payment from overseas visitors? Andy Finlay reports on how his trust near Heathrow is succeeding
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Separating services: a guide for PCTs
PCTs need to separate provider and commissioner services to demonstrate transparency, accountability and modernised regulation. Christian Dingwall explains how to achieve this
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Thousands of doctors may be working illegally
Human resources managers are becoming increasingly worried about the number of junior doctors still working without contracts.
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NICE inquiry hears evidence
The process of providing guidance and approving drugs for the NHS is flawed and needs more engagement with experts, the Commons health select committee has heard in evidence in its inquiry into the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Legal briefing: Alzheimer's drug ruling
The High Court hearing this year over the issue of the NHS funding drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease forced NICE to state its principles with great clarity. Now it has to stick to them, says David Lock
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Public consultation: knowing your obligations
Confusion often arises over NHS bodies' consultation obligations, but upcoming legislation makes it ever more important to get these right, says Trevor Blythe
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New powers to protect vulnerable people in Wales
New powers to protect the legal rights of vulnerable adults in Wales have been launched by health minister Edwina Hart.
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Legal smoking age increases
The age at which tobacco can be bought legally increases from 16 to 18 today.Public health minister Dawn Primarolo said the move would help shopkeepers spot underage smokers and reduce the number of young people who become addicted to nicotine.
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Mental Capacity Act welcomed
Mental health charity Mind has welcomed the introduction of the Mental Capacity Act, which comes into force today.
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Transferring assets to social enterprises - the perks and quirks
NHS organisations have a great opportunity when transferring assets to social enterprises – particularly with the scope afforded by NHS Estatecode, the guidance on managing their estate for disposals other than sales at open market value. Jane Donnison explains
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Mastering strategic asset management
NHS organisations must keep tabs on their estate by compiling comprehensive information on their properties, writes Mark Paget Skelin
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Picture probe as four sacked in Newcastle
Two hospital trusts are investigating staff for viewing inappropriate images on work computers.
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Unit sets out to scrutinise Euro policies
The NHS Confederation this week launched a new unit to help its members get to grips with European policy and its potential impact on UK health services.
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Comment
Michael White on politics
The old saying that 'it never rains but it pours' seems unusually apt this soggy summer. But this week the saying also applied to Britain's elderly people when the High Court ruling on Aricept, the Alzheimer's drug, was accompanied by a torrent of reports highlighting deficient aspects of their treatment.One ...
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Temp manager sentenced for £300k fraud conviction
A manager who stole more than£300,000 from the health service was last week sentenced to a year in prison.The news comes as the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service annual performance report this week revealed that fraud cost the NHS over£7m in 2006-07.Michael Buckley was working for a temporary ...
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Chapter and diverse
Assessing your organisation for equality, especially in regard to the less legislated areas of sexual orientation and faith, does not have to be daunting, says Katherine Cowan
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Organ Donation: give or take?
Sir Liam Donaldson's recent proposals to increase organ donation by making consent implicit go directly against the Human Tissue Act 2004, reports Ben Troke
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Stephen Hocking on the drugs debate
'Unfortunately, economics dictates that with finite financial resources, not every drug can be purchased and paid for by a publicly funded health service'
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Mental Health Bill briefing
In 1998, then health secretary Frank Dobson announced the government’s intention to create new legislation to close ‘loopholes’ in the 1983 Mental Health Act. The announcement followed the conviction of personality-disordered Michael Stone in 1998 for the brutal murders of Lin and Megan Russell.