All Legal articles – Page 78
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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.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle complaints
The system of dealing with grievances often falls at the hurdles
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News
Hospitals' superbug death payouts revealed
Families of people who died after contracting superbugs in Scottish hospitals have been awarded £660,000 by NHS boards.
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CommentLighten the checklist load
How changes to criminal record checks will affect the healthcare profession
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HSJ Local
Down's sufferer takes action over 'no resuscitation' order
A man with Down’s Syndrome is taking legal action against a trust after a do not resuscitate (DNR) order was put on his file without the knowledge of his next of kin.
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NewsStop gag on NHS whitleblowers - MP
NHS lawyers should not be able to gag whistleblowers from revealing damning information in the public interest, an MP has said.
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HSJ KnowledgePulling the plug on PCTs
PCTs’ intellectual property rights will need to be transferred to an appropriate home
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HSJ KnowledgeNew duties - are you ready?
Are we prepared for the implications of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 for governors?
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NewsChildren's heart surgery decision faces judicial review
A charity fighting the removal of children’s heart surgery from Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust intends to mount a judicial review of the decision, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Pensioner jailed over chief executive harassment
A 74-year-old woman who harassed a hospital chief executive and turned up at a doctor’s house with a meat hammer has been jailed for four weeks.
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HSJ KnowledgeBeing open on data
Transparency in clinical trials is being tacked by a new set of best practice principles
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NewsFaith case battle reaches Strasbourg
People with strong religious beliefs are free to express their faith privately but cannot insist their employer accommodate it, a landmark hearing on religious freedom has heard.
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HSJ Local
Man charged over hospital fires
A man has been charged by detectives investigating a series of fires at hospitals and other public buildings.
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NewsHospital fire probed over arson link
A fire at a hospital is being investigated by detectives amid fears it may be linked to three other suspected arson attacks.
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NewsOrgan transplants at record level
A record number of organ transplants were carried out last year, health officials said.