All Legal articles – Page 74
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HSJ KnowledgeSocial media: protecting patient confidentiality
Guidance is available for healthcare organisations
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NewsCQC 'brutally discredited' Bower and Finney
Former Care Quality Commission executives were “hung out to dry” by a “flawed process” after chief executive David Behan ignored warnings about potential problems with the work of an independent review, it has been alleged.
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NewsDrug firms accused over NHS charges
Drug companies could face investigation following allegations that they are inflating the cost of drugs sold to the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeCommunity services: challenges in retendering and renewal
Explaining the impact of the TCS programme
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HSJ Local
Surrey PCT data breach fine will pass to NHS England
PERFORMANCE: The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued NHS Surrey with a £200,000 penalty after more than 3,000 patient records were found on a second hand computer bought through an online auction site.
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NewsDetails of NHS fit and proper person test emerge
A fit and proper person test for senior healthcare managers will be made a requirement of Care Quality Commission registration it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Lewisham reconfiguration decision 'unlawful'
A High Court judge has been urged to overturn an “unlawful” decision to reduce services at a major hospital.
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NewsDH considers legislation to ease information difficulties
The Department of Health is considering changing the law to give trusts power to use patient identifiable data for uses not directly relating to patient care, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsMorecambe Bay emails destroyed despite police request
A backup tape which may have contained emails linked to an infant death at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay was destroyed despite a specific police request to retain records, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive interview: CQC chair admits mistake over release of Morecambe Bay names
The Care Quality Commission made a mistake in not initially publishing the names of those implicated in the alleged cover up over Morecambe Bay, the chair of the regulator has admitted to HSJ.
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BlogsA state of emergency for mental healthcare
Police cells are used 9,000 times each year as ‘places of safety’ for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act
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HSJ KnowledgeData sharing: the final chance to get it right?
Considering the impact of the Caldicott review
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NewsCQC 'cover up' meeting names revealed
Former deputy chief executive of the Care Quality Commission Jill Finney has been revealed as the official who, according to an independent audit review, ordered a critical internal report to be deleted.
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NewsKey figures identities' hidden in Morecambe Bay report
Fears over breaching data protection laws prevented Care Quality Commission employees from being named in the “damning” report of the regulation of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation, the organisation has said.
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HSJ Local
Hospital payout after leg amputation
PERFORMANCE: A 13 hour delay in treatment caused a former police officer to have to undergo an avoidable leg amputation it has emerged.
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NewsOpt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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NewsNicholson rejects gagging order allegations
Sir David Nicholson has insisted he “absolutely refutes” allegations he has been complicit in a “cover up” about the use of gagging orders in the NHS.
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NewsDoctors 'can opt out' of tables
Doctors will be given the opportunity to opt out of new league tables assessing their performance, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Night time confinement proposed for Ashworth patients
FINANCE: The introduction of night time confinement for patients at Ashworth Hospital could save Mersey Care Trust £3.5m by 2015.