All Legal articles – Page 92
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HSJ KnowledgeApplying end of life care, respecting religious beliefs
Conflict and confusion often surround the application of religious beliefs to end of life decisions. Keeping a clear and open dialogue with patients and their family and friends is vital to surmounting the challenge of keeping everybody happy, write Becky Fitzpatrick, partner at Hill Dickinson LLP and Dr Timothy Strang, ...
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NewsCQC threatens mental health FT with enforcement action over failings
Inspectors have called for urgent improvements at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust after finding it to be in breach of five essential standards.
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NewsMedical errors to cost hospitals payment
The government has confirmed its plan not to pay hospitals if patients are harmed or killed as a result of blunders.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe legal issues facing the transition to consortia commissioning
The transition towards GP led consortia and commissioning will require firm and clear guidance on legal and policy issues. Fiona Boyse, associate at Mills & Reeve LLP, offers a legal insight into the changes facing commissioning.
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HSJ KnowledgeBeing prepared: practical and legal advice in managing industrial action
As cost saving measures begin to tell on staff numbers and terms and conditions, the partnership working model between employers and the principal unions in the NHS looks set for testing times, write Beachcroft LLP partners Neil Bhan and Guy Bredenkamp.
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NewsNHS warned to expect surge in clinical negligence claims
The NHS faces a “massive” increase in clinical negligence claims this year, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told MPs.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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NewsTrust falls foul of CQC twice in nine months
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has failed to address concerns raised 10 months ago, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth Bill framework leaves NHS property up for grabs
Close examination of last month’s Health and Social Care Bill reveals interesting potential for the transference of NHS property - something the increasingly costly estate is much in need of, argue Graham Lea and Nathan East.
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NewsAnti-trespass laws to be used to shift bed blocking patients
Hospitals in north Merseyside are planning to use the anti-trespass powers used to ban “hoodies” from shopping centres to shift patients who are blocking beds.
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NewsPolice investigate asthma death outside hospital
An asthmatic student died after collapsing outside an A&E department while her friend was told to “call an ambulance”, it has emerged.
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NewsHealth authority's fluoride plan was lawful
A health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of Southampton’s tap water were not unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
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NewsTrusts to consider EU-wide training
Trusts are being asked to consider whether European training curriculum for health professionals should replace national programmes, in order to encourage migration.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: saying the unsayable
A section of the Health Bill that hopefully won’t often be invoked applies commercial insolvency law to foundation trusts. Section 113 places broke NHS hospitals under broadly the same winding-up regime as bankrupt companies. With falling tariff prices and rigid hospital cost structures, it will probably be tested before long.
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NewsStaff reports on Mid Staffs 'disappeared'
More than 500 staff reports about poor care at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have disappeared into a “black hole”.
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Birmingham hospitals issue joint pathology tender
COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust has opened a tender on a range of pathology services with Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust.
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NewsReport reveals prisoners' alcohol problems
A study of prisoners’ health needs has found that up to three quarters of male inmates in Scotland have a problem with alcohol.
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Two new claims against Mid Cheshire FT
PERFORMANCE: Two new clinical negligence claims have been made against the foundation trust, documents released under the freedom of information act show.
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NewsChief dismissed for 'seaside humour' wins tribunal
A former interim chief executive of an NHS trust was unfairly sacked for sending emails containing “seaside humour” just 15 days before he was due to be made redundant.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe governance challenge for commissioning consortia
GPs intent on establishing commissioning consortia need to make sure they quickly understand the most important governance issues, such as board accountability and director liability, to meet the demanding challenges they are about to face.