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NHS England takes over CCG powers
NHS England is taking on extensive powers — normally held by clinical commissioning groups — to buy services from the private sector and to support the coronavirus effort as [it] “deems appropriate”.
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Expert Briefing
Urgent covid-19 legal changes explained
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Covid-19 response forces halt to NHS cyber security checks
Security checks to keep the NHS safe from hackers have been delayed to help managers deal with covid-19.
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GPs take quango to court over ‘arbitrary charges’ claims
Five GP surgeries in a legal dispute with NHS Property Services are accusing it of imposing “arbitrary charges”, claiming they are being overcharged by tens of thousands of pounds in rent.
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Exclusive: Doctors told not to fear reprisal during coronavirus outbreak
NHS national leaders are set to reassure doctors they will be supported by their employers and should not fear regulatory reprisals, within reason, if they end up working outside their areas of expertise during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Eleven trusts renew £1.5bn court battle with their local councils
Eleven hospital trusts are continuing a High Court action against their local authorities, by seeking to appeal a previous ruling that denied them an estimated £1.5bn in backdated business rates.
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Former minister says government would lose human rights challenge
A former health minister who is now chair of a leading mental health trust has suggested the government would lose a legal challenge over its national programme for patients with learning disabilities.
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HSJ Local
Trust wins court battle after firm’s challenge over abandoned contract
The High Court has today ruled in favour of a trust in a legal battle over the provider’s decision to pull out of a public-private estates tie-up.
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HSJ Partnership Award winners announced
LloydsPharmacy Clinical Homecare and the Perinatal Institute were among the winners at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2020.
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HSJ Local
Regulator queries chair’s appointment at major acute trust
Regulators have written to a major acute trust to query the appointment of its chair and her fitness to fill the role.
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Only six of 200 NHS private units signed up to complaints watchdog
Just six of the NHS’ more than 200 private patient units are signed up to the independent complaints adjudicator, HSJ has learned.
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Campaigners lose legal battle against major reconfiguration
Campaigners fighting a regional centralisation of stroke services have lost their judicial review.
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HSJ Local
Private provider takes CCGs to court over contract decision
Five clinical commissioning groups have been accused of acting unlawfully in their decision to award a contract for community diagnostic services to a new private provider last year.
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Royal college president-elect barred after alleged misconduct
A royal college president-elect has been removed from his position and barred from holding office at the organisation for three years following allegations of misconduct.
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Exclusive: NHS at risk of sharing patient data unlawfully
Patient data could be shared unlawfully from April as the NHS is likely to miss a key privacy target, HSJ has learned.
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Government is sharpening its scrutiny of the NHS
Last week’s cabinet reshuffle shows the centre of government will want more control of the NHS and its performance, argues Richard Sloggett.
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Expert Briefing
Paying a dowry
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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Senior nurse who tried to whistleblow unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules
A trust unfairly dismissed a senior nurse after she tried to invoke its formal whistleblowing policy, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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Revealed: The trusts put on notice over risks to staff
NHS providers were given 40 official warnings because regulators believed they were failing to protect staff from violence, injury and hazardous substances in the past two years, HSJ can reveal.
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Royal college failed to carry out hundreds of background checks
The Royal College of Psychiatrists suspended some activities last year after it realised it had not carried out background checks for more than 350 staff and patient representatives, HSJ can reveal.