All Legal articles – Page 95
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NewsHEI report demands hospital improvements
Significant improvements must be made to cleaning at Stirling Royal Infirmary to avoid placing patients and staff in danger, a report has found.
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NewsHealth board investigates care home deaths
An investigation has been launched after four elderly residents died in one week at a care home.
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NewsParamedic concerns raised by Bird inquest coroner
Concerns about ambulance staff being held back from casualty scenes have been raised by the coroner who held inquests into the deaths of Derrick Bird and the 12 people he shot dead in Cumbria last year.
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News'Infected blood' compensation extended nationwide
People in Northern Ireland who contracted hepatitis C from contaminated blood through the NHS will receive extra compensation.
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NewsReport into C diff deaths at hospital delayed
The results of an inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak that claimed 18 lives will be delayed by more than a year.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe implications of getting new complaints processes right - and wrong
A more flexible, service user-centred complaint handling system introduced nearly two years ago is still have potentially damaging implications for trusts failing to handle the processes correctly. Andrew Craggs, partner at Hill Dickinson, examines the importance of handling complaints correctly under the new rules.
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NewsFT severance payouts to come under scrutiny
The NHS chief executive has promised MPs to do all he can to provide details of severance payouts made by foundation trusts.
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HSJ KnowledgeDealing fairly with redundancy in merging PCTs
Primary care trusts looking to pool resources and skills to protect services ahead of their abolishment in 2013 can mean difficult redundancy decisions have to be taken. Weightmans LLP employment associate Jessica Baden-Daintree looks at five key things employers need to do to avoid failure to consult and unfair dismissal ...
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NewsContaminated blood inquiry to hear evidence
An inquiry into how people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood will begin hearing evidence on Tuesday.
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NewsHospital worker held over alleged sexual assaults
A worker at Luton and Dunstable Hospital has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations that patients were sexually assaulted, police have confirmed.
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HSJ KnowledgeApplying end of life care, respecting religious beliefs
Conflict and confusion often surround the application of religious beliefs to end of life decisions. Keeping a clear and open dialogue with patients and their family and friends is vital to surmounting the challenge of keeping everybody happy, write Becky Fitzpatrick, partner at Hill Dickinson LLP and Dr Timothy Strang, ...
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The spirit of independent enterprise still requires sustainable business planning
Employee- and community-led services are still battling to change the philosophy and approach of staff and trusts alike, but the benefits these organisations could bring to service delivery are worth the effort, argues Kevin Jacquiss.
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NewsConfed warns over EU purchase rule change
Proposals to scrap the barrier protecting health services from European procurement rules could place a “significant administrative burden” on NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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NewsCQC threatens mental health FT with enforcement action over failings
Inspectors have called for urgent improvements at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust after finding it to be in breach of five essential standards.
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NewsMedical errors to cost hospitals payment
The government has confirmed its plan not to pay hospitals if patients are harmed or killed as a result of blunders.
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HSJ KnowledgeBeing prepared: practical and legal advice in managing industrial action
As cost saving measures begin to tell on staff numbers and terms and conditions, the partnership working model between employers and the principal unions in the NHS looks set for testing times, write Beachcroft LLP partners Neil Bhan and Guy Bredenkamp.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe legal issues facing the transition to consortia commissioning
The transition towards GP led consortia and commissioning will require firm and clear guidance on legal and policy issues. Fiona Boyse, associate at Mills & Reeve LLP, offers a legal insight into the changes facing commissioning.
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NewsNHS warned to expect surge in clinical negligence claims
The NHS faces a “massive” increase in clinical negligence claims this year, the chief executive of the NHS Litigation Authority has told MPs.
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Compensation payment reform backed by panel
A panel of independent experts has backed plans to reform the system of NHS compensation claims in Scotland.
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HSJ KnowledgeHealth Bill framework leaves NHS property up for grabs
Close examination of last month’s Health and Social Care Bill reveals interesting potential for the transference of NHS property - something the increasingly costly estate is much in need of, argue Graham Lea and Nathan East.