All Legal articles – Page 83
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CommentMedia Watch: government facing breast implants scandal backlash
The breast implants scandal continued to dominate the news agenda as health secretary Andrew Lansley said it was the “moral duty” of cosmetic surgery companies to offer free care to remove implants made by the French firm PIP.
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NewsCriticism as under pressure CQC reveals 14 per cent underspend
The Care Quality Commission is set to underspend its 2011-12 budget by 14 per cent, the troubled regulator has revealed to HSJ.
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NewsLegal aid cuts threaten added cost to NHS
The government’s planned cuts to legal aid in clinical negligence cases could cost the NHS almost three times more than is saved by the Ministry of Justice, a report has claimed.
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HSJ Local
Taunton and Somerset gets good rating from NHSLA
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has achieved the best risk rating possible from the NHS Litigation Authority.
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NewsMurder suspect nurse released on bail
A 46-year-old male nurse suspected of murdering three hospital patients at Stepping Hill Hospital has been released on police bail.
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HSJ KnowledgeLegal lessons: securing judicial review of service reconfiguration
The Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has successfully claimed Judicial Review of the Safe and Sustainable consultation about Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services. Hempsons colleagues Bertie Leigh and Christian Dingwall explain how.
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NewsGive doctors stronger assisted dying powers, report says
Doctors could be given powers allowing them to help terminally ill patients to die, a report said today.
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NewsNHS pensions deal to be offered to private sector
The government has offered to extend the NHS pensions scheme to staff transferred out of the service to make it easier for private firms to bid for NHS contracts.
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HSJ Local
Patients launch legal action as trust reviews services
PERFORMANCE: A group of almost 20 patients and relatives are planning to launch legal action against a struggling West Midlands trust, claiming their treatment was a breach of the Human Rights Act.
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News'Warning system' proposed for overseas doctors and nurses
The European Union is considering a “warning system” for overseas health workers who have been struck off or suspended.
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NewsTrust ordered to pay £4.5m to sacked doctor
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has been ordered to pay £4.5m in damages to a doctor who was sacked after becoming pregnant.
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NewsCQC could face judicial review over failure to protect whistleblowers
Solicitors representing a group of NHS whistleblowers have refused to rule out launching judicial reviews against the Care Quality Commission, NHS London and two London acute trusts who they claim failed to protect staff who raised concerns.
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NewsGMC to provide assisted suicide guidance
The General Medical Council is to issue guidance on how to deal with complaints against doctors who may have assisted in suicides.
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NewsNHS whistleblowers threaten legal challenge
Solicitors for new campaign group Patients First have threatened two London trusts with legal action claiming they may have acted unlawfully in discharging their duties towards whistleblowers.
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NewsLansley orders Care Quality Commission investigation
Andrew Lansley has ordered a review into the Care Quality Commission’s handling of criticism of its management.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy it is vital trusts learn lessons from coroners' reports
When a patient dies, the Coroners Rules 1984 allows coroners to produce a report that has the single purpose of preventing future deaths, if it is deemed the risk of death will continue to exist. Joanna Trewin has some advice on how trusts can avoid these - and what to ...
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HSJ KnowledgeHow speaking up improves safety and saves lives in the health service
Some keep quiet, even when risks are known. Richard Pound examines how we can get everyone to speak up
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HSJ Local
Eleven homicides investigated at AWP
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is subject to 11 investigations into homicides by NHS South West, more than any other mental health trust in the region.
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NewsData protection charge for man who contacted patient on Facebook
A 21-year-old man who used patient information to contact a female patient on Facebook has been charged with an alleged breach of data protection.
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NewsNHS 111 pilots delayed by legal challenge
Two NHS 111 pilots have been delayed after commissioners decided they had not followed their own procurement procedures and could be at risk of legal challenge.