All Legal articles – Page 134
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Former chief exec calls for more private beds for children
Commissioners should make greater use of the independent sector to stop children from being placed on adult mental health wards, a former mental health trust chief executive has said.
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MPs return to redress bill
The NHS Redress Bill returns to the House of Commons this week. The bill aims to introduce simpler, faster ways of responding to low-value clinical negligence cases. Conservatives will seek to defend key amendments won earlier this year in the House of Lords.
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Mental Health Bill campaigners rue 'missed opportunity'
Campaigners have hailed the passing of the Mental Health Bill as a 'missed opportunity'.
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HSJ Knowledge
Legal briefing: franchising
Merger with a successful foundation trusts may seem the obvious solution for failing trusts. Indeed, the first such merger between Heart of England and Good Hope is well under way. But merging a successful trust with an unsuccessful target will not necessarily create a financially viable organisation, and the risks ...
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Legal briefing: consultation
The rule 'he who pays the piper picks the tune' does not apply directly to the NHS but legal consultation duties come some way close. The NHS is a public service so all the money it spends is coughed up by the public in taxes. Consultation duties are about giving ...
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'Sliding scale' for misconduct burden of proof
Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson looks set to modify controversial proposals to reduce the burden of proof in cases of medical misconduct and instead introduce a 'sliding scale' based on the seriousness of allegations.
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Pressure group celebrates MTAS legal ruling
Pressure group Remedy UK is claiming a 'mild victory' following a judicial review into the medical training and application system.
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Sea change in health scrutiny
As the future of health scrutiny grows increasingly complex, healthcare professionals and local government must ride the wave and forge new relationships, reports Sasha Strong
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Commission orders trusts to provide proof of non-discrimination policies
A hospital trust and a primary care trust have been served with legal notices giving them 28 days to prove they do not discriminate against disabled patients or staff.
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Michael White: parliamentary deadlock
'Parliament is deadlocked on serious issues that may end up in a 'ping pong' test of wills'
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Preferential pay-off deals protected
Staff facing the axe under NHS restructuring will be protected from worsened redundancy and retirement terms resulting from new anti-age discrimination laws.
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European directive could hamper electronic records
Key planks of the electronic patient record could break European law, the Commons health select committee has been told.
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Turnaround strategies and the law
Many NHS bodies are developing turnaround plans to achieve financial recovery. The implementation of these raises complex legal issues, particularly on patient and public involvement and employment law. Graeme Trigg reports
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Trust scores legal victory
A hospital trust has won its battle to reconfigure its service - after a judicial review upheld the legality of its decision.
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Media watch
The Suncalled it the 'Doctors' check-up' and the Daily Expressan 'MOT to weed out dodgy doctors'.
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Michael White on politics
What made me flinch wasn't those weekend reports that UK cancer patients are turning to Canadian online pharmacies for drugs they cannot yet get on the NHS.
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Mike White on politics
'Would an NHS constitution require primary legislation? How would an arm's-length board be accountable? Tricky'
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Legal briefing: EU procurement
Interpretation of EU regulations about advertising when commissioning healthcare is changing
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The future of the NHS complaints procedure
Reforms to the complaints process are intended to produce a fundamental shift away from attributing blame. Tony Yeaman explains
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Parliament lobbied over mental health bill
The Mental Health Alliance is holding a mass lobby of Parliament today over the proposed Mental Health Bill. The proposed legislation is due to have its second reading in the Lords this afternoon.Find out more here