All Legal articles – Page 135
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RCN to discuss strike action
Nurses could be balloted over industrial action following a meeting held this week.
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Legal briefing: how penalties will work under the new model contract for acute trusts
The Department of Health has recently published two forms of model contract for the provision of acute hospital services, both within and outside the scope of the national tariff. The models are in legally and non-legally binding form for use by foundation trusts, hospital Trusts and PCT commissioners. We would ...
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Council woos LINks hosts ahead of legislation
Warrington borough council has launched a hunt for an organisation to host its local involvement networks before these new patient groups have been enshrined in law.
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Trust apologises for leak of payroll details
Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust has apologised to 12,000 staff after a laptop computer holding their payroll details went missing.
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Confusion around merger of key inspectors
Uncertainty surrounds the proposed merger of the Healthcare Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection, which was expected to be announced next week.
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Litigation Authority: negligence cost concerns
The NHS Litigation Authority has expressed concerns over the high level of legal costs charged by claimant lawyers in clinical negligence claims.
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'Balance right' on revised mental health bill
The government is digging its heels in over the Lords' amendments to the Mental Health Bill.
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Trust fights on in battle to expose 'mole'
An NHS trust's seven-and-a-half-year legal fight to uncover the mole who leaked details of Moors Murderer Ian Brady's treatment while on hunger strike is to continue, despite estimated costs of over £1m.
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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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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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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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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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HSJ Knowledge
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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HSJ Knowledge
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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Comment
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.