All Legal articles – Page 103
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NewsVindicated paediatrician welcomes child protection guidelines
A consultant paediatrician who won his court battle over being struck off the medical register today welcomed a move to establish new guidelines for doctors in child protection cases.
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HSJ Knowledge
Organ donation
Recent important Department of Health guidance on organ donation gives boards in England and Wales an excellent opportunity to receive up to date progress on donation activity in their trusts and to review how they can support a drive to further boost rates.
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NewsParliamentary candidate 'forced to step down from NHS role'
An NHS Lincolnshire board member who is running as a parliamentary candidate has said she has been forced to step down from her role on the board.
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HSJ Knowledge
Nuisance and disturbance on NHS premises
According to the NHS Security Management Service there were 54,758 reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England in 2008/2009.
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NewsData leaks most serious in NHS
More serious data breaches have taken place within the NHS than any other UK organisation since the end of 2007, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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NewsNHS trust pioneers land purchase
An acute trust is set to become the first in the country to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire land.
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NewsFormer NHS Employers director revives scrapped HR scheme
Former NHS Employers director Sian Thomas has launched a human resources membership service based on her model abandoned by the NHS Confederation.
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NewsSacked NHS chief launches unfair dismissal claim
An NHS chief executive sacked for swearing too much at work is launching a claim for unfair dismissal, he has confirmed.
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NewsStalking policy drawn up after staff followed
Scotland’s largest health board has said it had started to draw up a policy on stalking after staff had been followed, photographed and harassed.
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NewsDrug firms lose battle over pricing
A government scheme encouraging doctors to prescribe low-cost medicines has overcome a legal challenge by pharmaceutical companies.
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NewsNHS Confederation appoints ‘hands on’ chair
NHS East of England chair Keith Pearson has been appointed as the new chair of the NHS Confederation.
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NewsHospitals warned to dispose of waste properly
An investigation has been launched after tonnes of hospital waste was dumped at an old airfield in Suffolk, the Environment Agency said.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow safe is out of hours GP provision in your PCT?
Recommendations for out of hours provider contracting offer wider lessons for PCTs, says Lucy Johnson
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NewsNHS tainted blood decision due
A celebrated composer who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through infected NHS blood transfusions will learn the outcome of his legal challenge over compensation payments on Friday.
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NewsCQC powers were weakened
Powers to prosecute trusts failing to meet registration standards were watered down in a bid to avoid legal challenges and bad publicity, HSJ has learned.
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NewsOut of hours GP vetting needs clarity
Primary care trusts lack sufficient guidance on how to ensure overseas out of hours GPs have adequate English language skills, the PCT Network has warned.
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NewsWhat Royal Surrey Foundation Trust sold
Names of products, dosages and units as described in a freedom of information release from Royal Surrey to Health Service Journal, April 2010.
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NewsFT admits selling low-stock drugs
Drugs controversially sold onto the export market by Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust included cancer drugs now listed as in short supply to the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAndy Burnham apologises over organ removal
Health secretary Andy Burnham said he deeply regrets the distress caused to grieving families as it emerged around 800,000 people had their wishes about the use of their organs wrongly recorded due to an error.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to avoid unlawful deprivation of liberty
NHS organisations must ensure patients are not unlawfully deprived of their liberty, write Gemma Brannigan and colleagues