All Legal articles – Page 118
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PCTs win reconfiguration legal battle
A planned judicial review into the reconfiguration of maternity services at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been rejected by a High Court judge.
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CommentAngela Greatley on community mental health treatment
Supervised community treatment was one of the most controversial aspects of the 2007 Mental Health Act. The new powers were introduced in November 2008, since which time some 1,200 requests for second opinions to ratify such orders have already been made.
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Commissioner's office monitors NHS information disclosure
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun monitoring NHS organisations for compliance with the model publication scheme, which came into effect on 1 January under the Freedom of Information Act. Public authorities must ensure people can easily identify the types of information that will be routinely disclosed.
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HSJ Knowledge
Working hours target deadline fast approaching
Now is the time to get back on schedule and ensure your trust is ready for the August deadline, since delays could bring penalties.Ingrid Torjesen reports
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NewsCamden PCT given information warning
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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Accountancy change means LIFT schemes could be squeezed
The Audit Commission has ruled that most primary care buildings funded by private finance initiative-style schemes, worth £1.34bn in total, should be moved onto NHS balance sheets this April.
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Failed asylum seekers have no right to free healthcare
Failed asylum seekers are not entitled to free treatment on the NHS, but trusts can decide to treat people if they cannot afford to pay for it, Appeal Court judges have ruled.
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NHS faces up to 1,000 lawsuits over prison drug programmes
The NHS may have to pay up to £3.5m in damages to prisoners who claim they received poor support in giving up drugs.
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Baroness Meacher drops bid to end private patient cap
An amendment to the Health Bill that would have abolished the foundation trust private patient cap has been withdrawn.
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NewsCamden PCT faces data penalty
Camden primary care trust has been given until the end of the month to improve the security of personal information it holds or risk being held in contempt of court.
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Second review damns Royal Cornwall chief
A suspended hospital trust chief executive - already accused of “serious failings” in his previous post - led his present organisation towards “corporate failure”, an independent review has concluded.
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NewsDetailed care record legality challenged
The NHS detailed care record and the secondary uses service are among two public sector databases deemed “almost certainly illegal” in a report by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.
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Pilots open health boards to public candidates
Members of the public will have the chance to stand for election to health boards in Scotland from next year, after the Scottish Parliament passed the necessary legislation.
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Justice secretary drops controversial data sharing proposals
Justice secretary Jack Straw has dropped controversial proposals that medical bodies had warned could see patients' confidential medical records being passed to third parties.
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Monitor withdraws quality accounts challenge
Foundation trusts will have to send quality accounts to the government, health minister Lord Darzi has insisted.
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Scottish bill to ban private GP provision
Health policy in Scotland has moved further from English policy with a bill that will prevent private companies from running GP services.
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Chris Ham slams anti-competition guidance
Agreements between hospitals over the provision of specialist services could be seen as a criminal breach of competition rules.
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Scotland to outlaw sale of alcohol to under 21s
The Scottish government today published its alcohol action strategy, which could see some areas ban the sale of alcohol to under 21s.
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Trust must pay £430,000 to wrongly sacked surgeon
An acute trust has been criticised for using the wrong procedures to suspend and sack a consultant.
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Comment
Michael White on the Health Bill
The world economy may tremble, but life goes on. So the House of Lords is getting stuck into the government's ragbag new Health Bill in its own inimitable way.