All Legal articles – Page 47

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    News

    International gang sentenced for targeting NHS in money laundering scam

    2017-06-28T11:39:00Z

    NHS trusts targeted by international money laundering gang Gang forged letters to 22 organisations pretending to be development contractors NHS Protect forensic computing unit helps secure conviction NHS trusts lost millions of pounds after they were targeted by an organised crime gang scamming public bodies as part of ...

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    News

    Exclusive: Legal change 'needed for STP next steps'

    2017-06-28T07:00:00Z

    Legal change is needed for sustainability and transformation partnerships to be successful, a leading think tank has said.

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    News

    Trusts told to check cladding following Grenfell Tower fire

    2017-06-23T17:11:00Z

    NHS organisations asked to carry out immediate checks of buildings following Grenfell Tower fire Trusts given a day to complete work and send details to regulator Local estates chiefs told to provide detail on fire improvement schemes Trusts asked to account for PFI and LIFT properties NHS trusts ...

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    HSJ Local

    Tribunal rejects clinical manager's race discrimination claim

    2017-06-22T07:00:00Z

    Employment tribunal rules Peter Hale was not discriminated against on racial grounds and he was not unfairly dismissed Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has a troubled history of race relations Trust has another employment tribunal outstanding with a discrimination claim A senior medical manager has lost his ...

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    News

    Queen's speech: Doubt over promised health reforms

    2017-06-21T12:27:00Z

    Queen’s speech includes only a “draft bill” to give powers on to new safety investigator This is likely to mean significant delay for the changes Plans to consult on mental health and older people’s social care, but no legislation proposed The government has no firm plan for any ...

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    News

    Exclusive: Trust owed £15m by insolvent private company

    2017-06-14T12:30:00Z

    Imperial College Healthcare Trust is owed £15m by firm that formerly leased Ravenscourt Park Hospital The site had been mooted for private proton beam therapy centre An NHS trust is owed more than £15m after the private firm that used to lease one of its hospitals went into ...

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    Comment

    Trusts must capitalise on untapped funding source

    2017-06-14T06:00:00Z

    NHS organisations are making a costly oversight if they fail to seek money from developers over the impact of new housing schemes

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    HSJ Local

    Man charged with starting fire at NHS hospital

    2017-06-13T14:41:00Z

    Police have charged a 39 year old man with arson and intent to endanger life after a fire was deliberately started at a major Midlands hospital.

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    News

    Exclusive: HSIB chief will challenge regulators on patient safety

    2017-06-13T07:00:00Z

    Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch chief investigator says he will challenge regulators Keith Conradi says NHS has been “defensive” and incident investigations seen as a “bolt on” HSIB “will go where the evidence leads” The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will focus its efforts on challenging system regulators and policymakers ...

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    Expert Briefing

    Mental Health Matters: The genie is out of the bottle

    2017-06-12T11:30:00Z

    This is HSJ’s new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.

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    HSJ Local

    Police arrest man on suspicion of arson at hospital

    2017-06-09T12:05:00Z

    A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire at a major NHS hospital.

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    HSJ Local

    Conflict of interest CCG appoints barrister as governance guardian

    2017-06-08T11:44:00Z

    A clinical commissioning group at the centre of a conflict of interest investigation last year has appointed a barrister specialising in professional conduct.

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    News

    Labour confirm they will not repeal full 2012 Health Act

    2017-06-07T06:00:00Z

    Labour will not roll back the entire Health and Social Care Act if it forms the next government, the shadow health secretary has told HSJ.

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    HSJ Local

    Special measures trust may face police probe

    2017-06-05T17:06:00Z

    Kettering General Hospital may face a police investigation over whistleblower allegations it deliberately manipulated RTT data Trust “absolutely refutes” allegations but admits 138 patients experienced harm due to overly long waits for operations Northamptonshire Police says it is “working in partnership” with the CQC and NHS Protect to review ...

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    News

    NHS Improvement to introduce random checks of directors' CVs

    2017-06-01T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement is to introduce random checks of the non-executive directors’ CVs, HSJ can reveal.

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    Comment

    Preventing another Ian Paterson

    2017-05-31T15:41:00Z

    Narinder Kapur offers thoughts on the systemic and psychological weaknesses that allowed the disgraced surgeon to continue his dangerous work

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    News

    Second court defeat for NHS England

    2017-05-31T12:39:00Z

    NHS England faces judicial review over decision not to fund drug for 7-year-old boy Lawyers will argue NHSE should have considered the boy’s welfare under the Children Act Victory could create a new duty on NHS England when making commissioning decisions affecting children Lawyers have been granted permission ...

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    HSJ Local

    Mental health trust prosecuted after nurses attacked

    2017-05-26T13:28:00Z

    The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting a mental health trust after two nurses were attacked by a patient, it has been confirmed to HSJ.

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    News

    Investigation: Why are some babies dying in the NHS?

    2017-05-23T05:50:00Z

    New data obtained by HSJ reveals babies are dying or being left with life-long disabilities because of mistakes being replicated across the NHS by midwives and doctors.

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    HSJ Local

    Police investigating 15 baby deaths at hospital

    2017-05-18T11:37:00Z

    Police launch investigation into series of baby deaths at Cheshire hospital Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust alerted police after unexplained deaths The investigation is focused on the trust’s neonatal unit which will remain open Detectives are investigating a spate of baby deaths at a general hospital in ...