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Monitor takes fight for FT freedoms to the House of Lords
Monitor has launched a challenge to the government in Parliament to protect foundation trust freedoms and its role as their regulator.The regulator believes proposals in the Health Bill compromise foundation trusts' independence by requiring them to send quality accounts to the health secretary.
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Peer lays amendment to remove private patient income cap
An amendment laid to the Health Bill on Friday will completely remove the private patient income cap for foundation trusts, if MPs pass it.The amendment was developed by the Foundation Trust Network and comes as Unison prepares to challenge in court foundation trust regulator Monitor’s ‘too permissive’ interpretation of the ...
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RCN consults members on assisted suicide
The Royal College of Nursing has begun consulting its members on assisted suicide.
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Added values: improving learning disabilities services
People with learning disabilities are entitled to the same high quality healthcare as other patients, but serious cases of abuse and neglect suggest the NHS is far from meeting its obligations. Kaye McIntosh reports on the work now under way to turn this around
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Rose Gibb and the £250k question
When Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust directors decided to arrange a pay-off for Rose Gibb they did not realise they were walking into a legal minefield. What lessons does the case hold? Alison Moore reports
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DH promises to pay Maidstone legal bill
The Department of Health has agreed to underwrite the massive legal bill Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust could face if Rose Gibb wins her controversial court case.
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Foundation trusts call for private patient income flexibility
The Foundation Trust Network has called for a public debate on changing the law to allow foundations to take on more private patient work.
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Decompression sickness fraudsters go to jail
Two men have been jailed for their parts in a £250,000 scam to defraud the NHS by billing for bogus decompression sickness treatments.
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HSJ KnowledgeQuality information assurance: an understanding of governance, risk and compliance
Lord Darzi’s review and world class commissioning promise to bring positive changes to patient experience and drive up the quality of services. However, the sharing of information these agendas promote demands that quality information assurance is now a top priority in your trust.
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How to beat NHS workplace bullying
Having a clear policy on bullying and harassment at work enables NHS managers to tackle individual cases, says Rachael Heenan
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Conservatives highlight NHS litigation cost increase
The government has admitted that NHS negligence premiums will nearly double to £713m in the next financial year.
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Rose Gibb faces agonising wait for court's judgement
Rose Gibb faces an agonising wait to hear if she has won her legal battle with former employer Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust.At the end of four days of complex proceedings, Mr Justice Treacy said he wanted to reserve judgement on the breach of contract case.
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Pay-off was not irrationally generous, says Rose Gibb's lawyer
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust was not 'irrationally generous' in giving former chief executive Rose Gibb a £250,000 pay-off, because it took into account all the relevant considerations, a court heard yesterday.Read more on the Rose Gibb case>>
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£250,000 payoff to Rose Gibb was unjustified, court hears
The board of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust acted beyond its powers in agreeing a payoff of £250,000 to former chief executive Rose Gibb, the High Court heard yesterday.
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Trusts breached patient data protection rules
Two trusts have been found in breach of the Data Protection Act for losing and failing to secure information about patients.
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Rose Gibb lawyer claims payoff was fair
Rose Gibb’s battle to get her compensation payoff went to the High Court yesterday – where she was met by a barrage of photographers and cameramen.Ms Gibb - who is expected to give evidence today - is suing her former employer, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, for breach of contract. ...
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Rose Gibb goes to court to fight for payoff
Rose Gibb, the former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust, goes to the High Court today to try to get her controversial payoff.Ms Gibb, who left the trust just days before the publication of a critical Healthcare Commission report into outbreaks of C difficile, is claiming damages for ...
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Special administrators will oversee fate of failing NHS trusts
The fate of failing NHS trusts will be decided within three months of a special administrator being appointed to take over the roles of the chair and the board.
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Rose Gibb's pay bid heads for court
The former chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust goes to court next week in a bid to get her controversial pay-off.
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Bill sets out personal health budget proposals
A health bill setting out proposals to pilot personal budgets for patients has been published today by the Department of Health.Under measures laid out in the bill, payments would for the first time be handed directly to patients to give them greater control over their care.