All Legal articles – Page 84
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HSJ Local
Legal wrangling over future of Gloucestershire's community services continues
STRUCTURE: Lawyers have written to NHS Gloucestershire accusing the organisation of having “set its face against” trying to keep its provider arm within the NHS.
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NewsFirst ever fine handed to NHS for data breach
A Welsh health board has become the first NHS organisation to be fined following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act.
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NewsNovartis launches legal challenge against PCT cluster
A pharmaceutical company is taking a primary care trust cluster to court over its decision to encourage the use of a cheaper, unlicensed drug in a case that could be worth millions to the NHS.
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NewsHealth board seeks legal advice over torchlit surgery
A health board is taking legal advice after a surgeon had to finish an operation by torchlight when maintenance workers switched off the power.
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NewsNew chief executive for the NHS Litigation Authority
The NHS Litigation Authority has a new chief executive.
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NewsInvestigate two London hospitals, say parents cleared of baby's death
A young couple cleared of killing their son have called for an inquiry into Great Ormond Street and University College hospitals, it has been reported.
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HSJ LocalBlocking dialysis contract could risk EU law challenge, trust warns DH
COMMERCIAL: The Department of Health has been warned that forcing Nottingham University Hospitals Trust to reconsider its recent award of a dialysis contract could place the government “in conflict” with international competition law.
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NewsRoyal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
A foundation trust has lost a High Court case it brought against a consultation on the national configuration of paediatric heart surgery services.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat are the alternatives to foundation trust status?
Jeremy Roper looks at the options facing NHS trusts if they fail to meet the Department of Health’s foundation status deadline.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to handle NHS contract arrangements with confidence
Craig Barratt and colleagues look at contract management issues facing commissioners and providers, and offer practical tips on negotiation that can help keep potentially tense relationships amicable.
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NewsPolice investigate health board over serious incidents
Detectives are “assessing” whether a health board which failed to provide information about 56 serious incidents at its hospitals was guilty of any “criminality”.
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NewsExclusive: OFT to rule on foundation trust merger
The first ever merger between two foundation trusts is to be scrutinised for its impact on competition by the Office of Fair Trading, HSJ has learned.
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NewsEx-iSoft chair 'fiddled company accounts'
The chair of an IT company involved in a major NHS project became a multi-millionaire by fiddling accounts to mislead the stock market, a court has heard.
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Ex-iSoft chairman to go on trial
A football club owner will go on trial today accused of conspiring to make misleading statements about an IT firm involved in a major NHS project.
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Information tribunal judgment says DH should have released risk register
An information tribunal has ruled the Department of Health’s transition risk register should have been released because of the “general alarm at what was happening”.
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NewsExclusive: mental health FT is first to quit clinical negligence scheme
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust this morning confirmed to HSJ it had given the NHS Litigation Authority notice it was leaving its clinical negligence scheme.
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NewsIndependent advice service for NHS patients launches
A new independent advice service for NHS patients in Scotland begins its work today.
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NewsUPDATED: Staff keep NHS pensions as Virgin's Surrey deal goes through
Virgin Care has signed a £500m community services contract with NHS Surrey under an arrangement which will see staff employed by a social enterprise.
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NewsMPs find CQC is 'not up to the job'
The Care Quality Commission is not up to the job of registering 10,000 GP practices during the next year and should not take on responsibility for regulating IVF services, MPs have warned.
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NewsDoctor employed by trusts despite 'mercy killing' conviction
A foreign doctor convicted of the “mercy killing” of a patient in Spain later got a job with police in the UK, medical watchdogs have heard.