All Legal articles – Page 19
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HSJ LocalRegulator queries chair’s appointment at major acute trust
Regulators have written to a major acute trust to query the appointment of its chair and her fitness to fill the role.
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NewsOnly six of 200 NHS private units signed up to complaints watchdog
Just six of the NHS’ more than 200 private patient units are signed up to the independent complaints adjudicator, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCampaigners lose legal battle against major reconfiguration
Campaigners fighting a regional centralisation of stroke services have lost their judicial review.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider takes CCGs to court over contract decision
Five clinical commissioning groups have been accused of acting unlawfully in their decision to award a contract for community diagnostic services to a new private provider last year.
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NewsRoyal college president-elect barred after alleged misconduct
A royal college president-elect has been removed from his position and barred from holding office at the organisation for three years following allegations of misconduct.
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NewsExclusive: NHS at risk of sharing patient data unlawfully
Patient data could be shared unlawfully from April as the NHS is likely to miss a key privacy target, HSJ has learned.
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CommentGovernment is sharpening its scrutiny of the NHS
Last week’s cabinet reshuffle shows the centre of government will want more control of the NHS and its performance, argues Richard Sloggett.
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Expert BriefingPaying a dowry
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsSenior nurse who tried to whistleblow unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
A trust unfairly dismissed a senior nurse after she tried to invoke its formal whistleblowing policy, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts put on notice over risks to staff
NHS providers were given 40 official warnings because regulators believed they were failing to protect staff from violence, injury and hazardous substances in the past two years, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRoyal college failed to carry out hundreds of background checks
The Royal College of Psychiatrists suspended some activities last year after it realised it had not carried out background checks for more than 350 staff and patient representatives, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMaternity scandal trust calls in senior clinician to lead review
A trust at the centre of a maternity care scandal is calling in an “external senior clinician” to review how it has responded to concerns raised by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology four years ago.
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LeaderTake NHS England’s power - but don’t give it to ministers
Ministers need to work out how to curb NHS England’s power and responsibilities - but by devolving it, not taking it for themselves - writes HSJ deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ LocalTrust in £2m legal battle with pharma company
A specialist trust is being sued for nearly £2m by a Luxembourgian pharmaceutical company over allegations of wrongdoing by the provider’s subsidiary company, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHunt tells Hancock to ‘use his magic’ to secure high cost drug approval
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged his successor to find a way to ensure patients can access a high cost drug which is subject to a legal challenge against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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CommentLike Harvey Weinstein, people ‘must have known’ about Paterson
The Paterson inquiry is yet another disappointment of how poor the health system continues to be in giving patients and public information about the quality and safety of health services. Writes Alex Kafetz.
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NewsPaterson inquiry calls for new public database of consultants
A single database publicising consultants’ practising privileges and performance is among the recommendations from the inquiry into the rogue surgeon Ian Paterson.
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NewsMinisters tell watchdogs to report on maternity scandal trust within two weeks
The Care Quality Commission and the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch have been told to produce reports on a scandal-hit maternity service within two weeks.
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NewsImmigration changes will ‘increase pressure on social care’
Post-Brexit immigration laws proposed by the government will “increase pressure on social care”, while resulting in only “slightly improved public finances [and] slightly reduced pressures on the NHS, schools and on social housing”, its independent advisory body has said.
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NewsReduced role of CCGs risks losing ‘grit in the system’
A reduced role for commissioners within integrated care systems creates a risk that essential “grit in the system” could be lost, warned the outgoing boss of NHS Clinical Commissioners.