All Legal articles – Page 65
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NewsPatient safety bill to legislate for zero NHS harm
The NHS could be required to achieve ‘zero avoidable harm’ if a government backed bill being driven through Parliament by the MP for Stafford makes it onto the statute books.
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CommentThere's a lack of political courage to stand up to populist nonsense
Good politics, but bad policy
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CommentIs your board ready for a more open and transparent NHS?
Take account of a range of law changes affecting organisations
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NewsWhistleblowing claimant 'not acting in good faith', tribunal finds
A psychologist who claimed she faced detriment at the hands of an NHS trust after whistleblowing about patient care has lost her case.
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CommentSaatchi's Medical Innovation Bill is Branson-esque in its boldness
Experimental proposal prompts soul searching
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HSJ LocalBullying claim at cancer trust dismissed by High Court
WORKFORCE: A former associate director of Christie Foundation Trust who sued the provider for alleged bullying behaviour has had her case thrown out by the High Court in Liverpool.
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CommentThe NHS shouldn't accept failure to learn from preventable errors
We need to listen to care experience
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News'Brave' new patient safety drive launched
England’s new patient safety drive to halve avoidable harm will not follow the usual “paternal” NHS approach to driving improvements, the director of the Sign up Safety campaign has said
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CommentAccountable care organisations can properly manage commissioning risks
How ACOs help the NHS future
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CommentThe MDU's proposal for a negligence cap would be bad for patients
Reform to personal injury law is misguided
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NewsGynaecologist denies defrauding NHS
A gynaecologist who was unfit to work defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds, a jury has heard.
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NewsTrust bosses apologise for personal comments in ‘whistleblower’ meeting
The chief executive and HR director of a mental health trust have apologised for making unguarded personal comments about a senior manager and her union representative
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News'Hostile' private provider ordered to pay whistleblowing nurse's costs
A private provider of nursing services across Britain must pay the legal costs of a whistleblowing nurse, according to a tribunal that described the firm as ‘unreasonably hostile’.
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CommentThose worrying about the transatlantic trade deal should look closer to home
EU-US deal will have less impact than expected
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CommentWho pays when it goes wrong? The uncertainty of private providers in the NHS
Confusion over negligence
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HSJ LocalGreat Western calls in lawyers over PFI contract concerns
COMMERCIAL: The management of a South West hospital has ‘lost confidence’ in its private finance initiative service provider after it failed to maintain standards of quality and hygiene.
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SupplementsLGC/HSJ Integration Summit report: The legal angles
The implications of new integration legislation
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SupplementsTransformation supplement: Seal the deal
NHS leaders need to embrace IT and technology as part of everything they do
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HSJ KnowledgeFailure to prepare IT projects is to prepare for failure
Precision planning pays dividends with new tech projects
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HSJ LocalSecond inquest into Stafford Hospital death resumes
A second inquest into the death of a man who died after being treated at Stafford Hospital in 2006 was due to resume in Leicestershire today.