All Legal articles – Page 85
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NewsTCS social enterprise transfer faces legal challenge
A judge has ordered a primary care trust to halt the planned transfer of its provider arm to a social enterprise, pending the outcome of a High Court hearing.
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NewsNHS whistleblowers to get better protection
Greater protection for whistleblowers in the health service will be a kep part of a changed NHS Constitution, according to UK health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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HSJ KnowledgeWill Any Qualified Provider bring the private sector and the community together?
With the provision of some community based services being opened up to Any Qualified Provider, Beachcroft LLP partner Robert McGough examines five crucial questions for commissioners to consider.
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NewsNHS missing an 'opportunity' over complaints
Poor communication leads to thousands of complaints being referred to the health service ombudsman unnecessarily, a review of complaints handling in the NHS has concluded.
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NewsStepping Hill poisoning cases hit seventeen
Seventeen patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport were affected by saline poisoning, police have revealed.
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NewsHospitals failing elderly on care quality
A fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law on care of the elderly, according to a new report, with two trusts given prior warnings still leaving patients without intravenous fluids and one incontinent patient left unwashed despite asking for help.
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HSJ KnowledgeManaging medicines: avoiding ethical and legal difficulties
Substituting expensive medicines for less costly alternatives might be a measure earmarked for cutting costs, but financial and legal issues surround this approach and need careful adherence, warns Peter Feldschreiber.
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NewsUnion ballots a million workers on pensions action
Over a million public sector workers including NHS managers, nurses and other healthcare staff are being balloted this week on strike action over pensions changes
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to avoid legal pitfalls when procuring goods and services
Goods and services must be procured by the book if healthcare organisations are to avoid costly challenges. Hill Dickinson LLP partner Mark Fitzgibbon explains.
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NewsDuty of Candour to be enforced through contracts
All organisations providing services to the NHS will be contractually obliged to inform patients and relatives if a mistake has been made under proposals set out by the government.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham health worker charged with fraud
WORKFORCE: A Birmingham-based health worker has been granted conditional bail after appearing in court charged with four counts of fraud by false representation.
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NewsSupply chain faces challenges on two fronts over legal concerns
The procurement service for the NHS is facing challenges on two fronts, HSJ can reveal, amid claims some of its frameworks could put trusts at risk of legal action.
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NewsOverseas doctors face English tests before starting work
Foreign doctors will be made to take language tests before starting work in the NHS, under new rules being introduced in the wake of a number of scandals involving overseas medical professionals.
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NewsThird of CCGs reluctant to become statutory bodies, PM warned
The prime minister and health secretary have been warned that a third of clinical commissioning groups would rather not become statutory bodies because of the burden of bureaucracy involved.
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NewsMedicine no longer an "old boys club"
An increase in the number of doctors referred to the General Medical Council by their medical colleagues shows the profession is moving away from being “an old boys’ club”, new research has suggested.
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NewsCQC sets out tougher inspections approach
The Care Quality Commission has set out in full its plans to carry out far more rigorous hospital inspections.
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NewsTighter regulation called for as struck off nurses 'return to hospitals'
A growing number of unregulated healthcare assistants in British hospital could bring about a “national disaster”, the leader of a nursing regulator has warned.
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NewsOrgan donor plans condemned by Archbishop
Plans to introduce presumed consent for organ donation could turn “volunteers into conscripts”, the Archbishop of Wales has warned.
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NewsLegal costs could see CCGs allowances 'wiped out'
Clinical commissioning groups are being warned they could be “wiped out” by legal challenges made by providers or resulting from service reconfigurations, treatment decisions and contract awards.
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HSJ KnowledgeKeeping patient information safe when responding to FOI requests
With health organisations legally obliged to provide data to persons requesting information under the Freedom of Information act, one case has helped set out how trusts can deal with these requests on the most sensitive of issues. Eleanor Tunnicliffe and Jessica Major explain.