All Legal articles – Page 76
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NewsCompromise agreements 'should not silence safety concerns'
The vast majority of compromise agreements in the NHS are not the result of whistleblowing disputes, while confidentiality clauses cannot be used to directly prevent patient safety concerns being raised, HSJ has been told.
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Competition investigations spell problems for mergers
Trusts’ merger plans are likely to be blocked if they cannot prove they are the only way to improve services, new advice from Monitor suggests.
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CommentWhistleblowers and hospitals both need more protecting
We can’t have hospitals where doctors are outnumbered by lawyers
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NewsUnited Lincs: Former chief exec was not 'gagged' on patient safety
The hospital trust at the centre of the furore over whistleblowing and gagging clauses has told HSJ its former chief executive, Gary Walker, is and was always free to speak out about its patient care.
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CommentFrancis's legal rigour is exactly what's needed
New laws and regulation would really put patients first
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News'Gagged' former trust chief accuses NHS leaders over safety
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker has accused Sir David Nicholson and senior NHS leaders of putting targets ahead of patient safety.
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NewsFrancis proposes criminal offence to drive cultural change
Major changes will be required in the way all parts of the NHS handle serious patient safety incidents if a legally binding duty of candour is imposed, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew criminal powers for CQC would need a higher level of proof
The Care Quality Commission would need to increase its standards of proof if it is to make use of new powers to bring criminal prosecutions as proposed in the Francis report, lawyers have warned.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT fined after patient fell from window
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has been sentenced for safety failings after a vulnerable patient died following a fall from a first floor window at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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NewsLawyers and managers concerned as Francis recommends criminalising 'duty of candour' failures
Robert Francis QC has recommended it be made a crime to obstruct the duty of candour or make an “untruthful statement to a commissioner or regulator”.
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NewsNHS faces new laws on honesty
New laws should be brought in requiring all NHS staff and directors to be open and honest when mistakes happen, the Francis report has recommended.
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HSJ KnowledgeWill new court rules lead to more clinical negligence cases?
The true cost of reform in clinical negligence cases
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NewsAnalysed: primary care rebate schemes
This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at primary care rebate schemes which, it is hoped, will lead to savings on drugs bills
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HSJ Local
Rape charge HCA remanded to crown court
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant who worked at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has been remanded to appear before a crown court.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhere next for independent treatment centres?
ISTCS are here to stay – even if as part of a takeover
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HSJ Local
Nazi salute nurse struck off
A mental health nurse who performed Nazi salutes in front of patients has been struck off.
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HSJ Local
HCA charged with rape at St Richard’s Hospital
WORKFORCE: A healthcare assistant has been charged with raping a patient at one of Western Sussex Hospitals Trust’s hospitals.
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Social enterprise consults lawyers over lost out-of-hours contract
A social enterprise has consulted lawyers after losing the contract to supply GP out-of-hours services in two London boroughs to a Bristol-based company.
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NewsGP concern over child medical data
GPs are increasingly concerned about releasing children’s medical records to separated or divorced parents, experts have revealed.
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News'Whistleblowing' case against Alder Hey collapses
A whistleblowing surgeon has lost his High Court battle with Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust and resigned from his post with immediate effect.