All Legal articles – Page 43
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NewsExclusive: Consultancy firm avoids prosecution over use of restricted NHS data
A large consultancy firm has escaped prosecution over the use of restricted NHS data to win contracts, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health prosecuted for third time
A third prosecution will be brought against Southern Health Foundation Trust after a patient was found dead in a hospital in Southampton five years ago.
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NewsDoctors threaten legal action against NHS over IR35 tax rules
Unions representing locum doctors have threatened to seek a judicial review against NHS Improvement claiming the NHS is continuing to wrongly apply new tax rules.
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CommentCQC's mettle as a prosecutor still to be tested
With the Care Quality Commission’s first prosecution occurring in June 2016, Caroline Barker reflects on how the CQC as a prosecutor is slowly coming into its own.
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Landmark legal case could save trusts millions in business rates
A “landmark legal case” is set to be launched which could dramatically reduce the business rates paid by NHS trusts, according to a trust’s board papers.
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CommentHow do we make integration more than a tick box exercise?
Integration between health and social care remains an elusive goal but the essential building blocks are well documented, writes Paul Burstow
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health fined after it 'failed to protect patients'
Southern Health must pay more than £150,000 after an “inexcusable failure” that led to a mental health patient suffering life changing injuries after they fell from the roof of a psychiatric unit.
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HSJ LocalCQC and police investigate trust after patient death
The Care Quality Commission is expected to visit a Brighton hospital today following the death of an elderly inpatient, who is believed to have swallowed cleaning fluid.
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NewsHigh Court rejects pharma industry's challenge to drug cost controls
The High Court has thrown out a legal challenge by the drugs industry to a controversial affordability test on the introduction of new treatments.
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NewsExclusive: 'Great concern' over 'growing gap' in mental health services
A drop in mental health inpatient beds coupled with a fall in community care provision is a “great concern” that requires an urgent review, a new report has said.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust pursuing foreign government in court over unpaid debt
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust is taking legal action against the Libyan government over unpaid debt, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCCGs in legal directions lose commissioning responsibilities
Five clinical commissioning groups have been given legal directions by NHS England this month – two of which have been ordered to stop commissioning all acute services.
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HSJ LocalTrust pleads guilty to health and safety charge over patient's death
One of the country’s largest mental health and community trusts has pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety law over the death of a teenage patient.
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NewsGovernment pushes ahead with safe space plans despite 'misuse' concerns
A new health service safety investigations bill pushes ahead with controversial plans to allow local NHS trusts to investigate safety breaches without the need to disclose the information uncovered.
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NewsPrivate hospital agrees £27m compensation deal over rogue surgeon
A private hospital group has agreed to pay £27.2m in compensation to patients injured by a surgeon who operated from its sites.
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CommentProposed changes to deprivation of liberty laws – what you need to know
Hope Davis-McCallion explains the Law Commission’s ’urgent’ safeguard suggestions
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NewsExclusive: US firm suing NHS England for millions in unpaid bills
A US owned clinical waste firm is suing the NHS for millions of pounds in unpaid bills, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Heavy handed' NHS England forces CCG to agree to STP
NHS England threatened commissioners in London with legal directions if they do not support plans to appoint a single accountable officer, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalHospital downgrade faces legal challenge
A new legal hearing has been granted into the proposed downgrade of an Oxfordshire hospital.
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HSJ LocalCare assistant charged with defrauding Southern Health
A care assistant is to appear in court tomorrow charged with defrauding Southern Health Foundation Trust of more than £250,000.