All Legal articles – Page 74
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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.
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HSJ Local
Trust fined for radiation breach
An NHS trust has been fined £30,000 after a hospital radiologist was exposed to illegal levels of ionising radiation while using a CT scanner.
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CommentAndrew Taylor: Bailout recipients beware state aid rules
Trusts need to grasp the EU’s payment rules
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NewsHigh Court rules incompetent nurses cannot be struck off
Nurses and midwives cannot be struck off the register for incompetence under the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s current rules, it has emerged.
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NewsTrusts to get further £200m for absorbing South London Healthcare Trust services
The Department of Health and NHS England have agreed to nearly double the amount paid to trusts taking on parts of the soon-to-be-dissolved South London Healthcare Trust.
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CommentLord Saatchi: The law is killing patients
Established practices fail both doctors and cancer patients
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CommentCommentary: trust chiefs are like football managers
Monitor and the TDA should hold their nerve over leadership changes
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HSJ Local
Hospital unit closure challenged
A council is to mount a legal challenge over the closure of maternity and A&E units that David Cameron once vowed to save.
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NewsLamb: Directors could face poor care prosecutions
Individual directors on the boards of healthcare providers will face the threat of criminal prosecution for neglect or abuse of patients, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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NewsBurstow 'concerned' over actions of competition authorities
Former health minister Paul Burstow has told HSJ he is concerned about the behaviour of the Competition Commission and Office of Fair Trading following the Health Act 2012 coming into force.
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NewsNew law will lead to prosecutions for poor care, says Lamb
The government will introduce a law to allow healthcare providers to be prosecuted for neglect and poor care, the care services minister Norman Lamb has indicated.
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NewsDoctors 'must be free to innovate' says MP
Doctors should be free to innovate and be given greater opportunities to find cures for cancer, a Conservative MP has urged.
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CommentMichael White: Telegraph sting reignites abortion debate
Investigation raises the divisive issue again
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NewsRevised negligence scheme 'will not lead to big price swings'
Plans to scrap discounts on clinical negligence premiums will not lead to “big swings in price”, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told HSJ.
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NewsGender abortions 'unacceptable', says Hunt
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to the government’s senior law officer for “urgent clarification” why two doctors accused of arranging abortions based on the sex of an unborn baby will not face prosecution.
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HSJ Local
Hospital fined over legionella
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.