All Legal articles – Page 72
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NewsLawyer warns of creating 'a new industry'
“A new industry of internal investigation” could be created by plans to strip trusts of their government indemnity cover if they break duty of candour rules, a lawyer has warned.
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NewsCover-up trusts could lose litigation cover
NHS organisations which fail to be open and honest with patients and families when they suffer poor care could be forced to pay the costs of any litigation, the government has announced today.
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CommentLawyers are not just ambulance chasers
Clinical negligence law can help increase transparency
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NewsLegal move over hospital asbestos
A Scottish health board is facing legal action due to asbestos being found at a hospital.
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Blogs
Jermey Hunt has jumped the shark
A new prison sentence for wilful neglect is an unnecessary gimmick
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HSJ KnowledgeA step by step guide to employment tribunals
How to defend the decision to dismiss a member of staff
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NewsDuty of candour plans 'legitimise cover ups'
Plans to limit a statutory duty of candour on organisations to incidents of death or severe harm will “legitimise cover-ups”, patient groups have warned.
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CommentCompetition law can give the NHS the edge
Competition is not a distraction from better patient care
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NewsA fifth of maternity funding spent on insurance
A fifth of maternity services funding is spent on insurance against malpractice, a report suggests.
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HSJ LocalMother of cancer boy seeks justice
The mother of a four-year-old boy who died at a hospital accused of falsifying cancer care data has demanded “justice” for her son.
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CommentMichael White: Hunt's plan halted by NHS nimbys
Hospital closures prompt too much shroud waving
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NewsUPDATE: Hunt loses Lewisham Hospital appeal case
A judge has rejected the Department of Health’s appeal against a judicial review decision that halted the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeMeet the vision for paperless data through procurement
Trusts need to avoid procurement mistakes
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SupplementsNavigating a competition minefield − an HSJ roundtable
Experts debate how to reconfigure services without breaking competition law
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CommentLord Saatchi is wrong, the law isn't killing patients
We need a better understanding of individual cancer patients
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NewsBogus advert fraudsters are jailed
Five members of a criminal gang which made more than 200 attempts to defraud NHS organisations by demanding payment for adverts in bogus magazines with similar names to real ones – including HSJ – have been jailed.
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NewsDuty of candour moves closer with bill amendment
The government has paved the way for the introduction of a duty of candour through an amendment to the Care Bill – but the key question of when the duty would apply has been left open.
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NewsJudge blocks review of reconfiguration scheme
Ealing Council has been refused permission to take a hospital reconfiguration plan to judicial review.
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HSJ Local
Trust in court over patient death
An NHS trust is to appear in court on Wednesday charged with safety breaches connected to the death of a diabetic patient.
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NewsMP seeks checks on NHS 'fraudsters'
Convicted fraudsters could infiltrate the NHS unless more is done to ensure that private healthcare providers are subject to the same scrutiny requirements as their public sector rivals, a Labour MP has said.