All Legal articles – Page 21
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NewsNHS ‘preparing’ for contractors’ tax status row
NHS England and Improvement are reviewing contractors’ tax statuses, and say they are “prepared for every possible outcome”, after NHS Digital was hit with a £4.3m IR35-related bill.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: A clear path?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsRegulators call for overhaul of professional misconduct rules
NHS England is working to develop a single framework for all professional regulators when dealing with a conduct complaint.
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NewsENT surgery readmissions “much higher than reported”
Ear, nose and throat surgery in the NHS suffers from “significant unwarranted variation” in outcomes, a new study has found.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2019: Digitising patient services initiative
WINNER: Barts Health Trust and Explain My Procedure – Animation Supported Consent
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NewsSurgeon who left patient on the table loses race discrimination case
A ruling which saw a whistleblowing surgeon lose his case for discrimination has revealed the extent of medical infighting at the “increasingly dysfunctional” ENT department within one of the country’s most troubled trusts.
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News£170k charge on whistleblower will not deter others claims tribunal
A consultant surgeon must pay an NHS trust £170,000 after he lost a whistleblowing case on appeal.
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NewsRegulator misled health secretary over safety scandal
The Nursing and Midwifery Council misled former health secretary Jeremy Hunt over its handling of fitness to practise cases linked to the Morecambe Bay maternity scandal, an independent report has said.
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NewsManager wins short-staffing whistleblowing case
A manager has won his employment tribunal against a patient transport company he alleged had misled clients over staffing.
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NewsHSIB to stop maternity investigations by 2021
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will stop carrying out external maternity incident investigations by 2021, handing them back to the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: The Queen speaks
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsCQC drops prosecution of trust due to lack of evidence
The Care Quality Commission has dropped a prosecution against United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust for duty of candour breaches due to a lack of evidence.
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CommentWhat about the patient?: Jessie Cunnett
This week: Jessie Cunnett, head of public support, Nursing and Midwifery Council
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NewsFinance manager jailed for fraud must repay £220,000
A senior finance manager convicted of fraud must repay £220,000 or face another three years in jail, a judge has ruled.
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NewsTrust mulls Supreme Court appeal over landmark rest case
The Supreme Court could hear a landmark case on trainee doctors’ rest breaks, which could have “huge implications” for NHS trusts.
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NewsNHS England director backs tighter recruitment checks
NHS England’s national director for mental health is considering asking trusts to look at their recruitment processes, after discovering her own trust had hired a nurse who previously falsified a care plan.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Heading for 60 CCGs
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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NewsManager wrongly sacked amid theft row, tribunal heard
A GP unfairly dismissed her practice manager, a tribunal has found, after the manager and her mother gave themselves large unauthorised pay rises.
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NewsRevealed: Mass use of credit check firm to find NHS patients to charge
An NHS trust is routinely sharing patients’ identities with a major credit check firm to find overseas visitors who can be charged, and officials have sought to extend the scheme nationally, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentWhen doctors must report deaths to coroners
Josiah Kirpalani on shaping the future relationship between medical examiners and senior coroners