All Legal articles – Page 76
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CommentLocal action can resolve concerns over doctors' behaviour
“Light touch” intervention can help manage concerns
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HSJ Local
Medway GP charged with sexual assault
WORKFORCE: A GP has appeared at Maidstone Crown Court after being charged with sexually assaulting two women at St Mary’s Medical Centre in Strood.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow do we define fair in commissioning?
The fuss over Monitor’s “fair playing field” review shows it is very timely
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CommentDoctors' discipline needs an overhaul
Maintaining High Professional Standards is failing patients, doctors and employers
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NewsPatient resuscitation case to start
A hearing into the circumstances surrounding a Cambridge hospital’s resuscitation policy is due to start at the High Court.
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HSJ Knowledge
New rules raise fresh problems on procurement
New procurement rules may pose more questions than answers
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CommentSavile saga could leave health service in a fix
Do hospitals have legal liability for Jimmy Savile’s actions?
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News£3.1bn spent over NHS pregnancy errors
Errors made by medical staff when caring for pregnant women have cost the NHS £3.1 billion over the last 10 years, figures show.
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HSJ PartnersSafeguarding in the future NHS – what CCGs need to know
An overview of what CCGs will need to demonstrate with regard to safeguarding children
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HSJ Local
FT chief appointed to Youth Justice Board
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed as a non-executive director of the national Youth Justice Board.
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HSJ LocalDevon Virgin contract 'tainted by illegality'
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Devon failed to fully discharge their duties under the Equality Act when awarding a £132m contract to Virgin Care, a judge has ruled.
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire community services to stay in the NHS
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust whose plans to transfer community services to a social enterprise were halted by a legal challenge has decided to keep the services within the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton trust faces £6m pay-out
PERFORMANCE: The family of a disabled boy will receive a £6m pay out from the NHS after doctors and midwives at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust failed to recognise he was being starved of oxygen during his birth 11 years ago.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge to Virgin's children's services contract
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust’s decision to award a £132m contract for children’s services to Virgin Care is to be challenged in court next week.
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HSJ KnowledgeProtect your intellectual property
A look at protection, exploitation and dispute resolution
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News
Trusts 'fail on patient openness'
The families of patients who are victim of a “serious incident” at an NHS organisation may be waiting for a year before they are given any explanation, researchers found.
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NewsWarnings after PCT data protection breach
Lawyers have warned of the legal limits on sharing information with private companies when running preventative initiatives after a primary care trust was found to have broken the Data Protection Act.
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HSJ Local
Coroner orders Dorset Healthcare to conduct suicide audit
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has received a coroners Rule 43 letter raising concerns about the death of an individual who had been in contact with mental health services in August 2011.