NHS Trust in court battle to sterilise disabled man – Daily Telegraph

“An NHS trust is fighting a court battle to sterilise a man with moderate learning difficulties.”

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Daily Telegraph, 30th July 2013

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Thief who stole from dying hospital patients jailed for three years – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 26th, 2013 in hospitals, news, sentencing, theft by sally

“A thief who stole from dying hospital patients, including one who was terminally ill with cancer, has been jailed for three years.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2013

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Francis inquiry into Stafford Hospital cost government £6m – BBC News

Posted July 19th, 2013 in costs, hospitals, inquiries, news by sally

“The government spent £6m on submitting evidence to the Francis inquiry into Stafford Hospital failings, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed.”

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BBC News, 18th July 2013

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NHS care watchdog CQC to overhaul hospital inspection system – The Guardian

Posted July 18th, 2013 in health, hospitals, news, quality assurance by tracey

“The NHS care watchdog is abandoning its discredited way of inspecting hospitals and instead plans to use much larger teams of inspectors, including patients, to do in-depth investigations ‘lasting more than a week. ‘ ”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2013

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NHS inquiry: trust by trust, the Keogh Report’s findings – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 17th, 2013 in health & safety, hospitals, inquiries, news, statistics by sally

“The Keogh Report’s findings on 14 hospitals reveal that NHS failings of care claimed thousands of lives, including that of a man due to be married and a newborn baby.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th July 2013

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NHS body fined £200,000 for data destruction failings – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 16th, 2013 in data protection, fines, hospitals, medical records, news by sally

“An NHS body has been issued with a £200,000 fine for failing to ensure that sensitive medical information about thousands of patients were deleted from old computers that were sold online.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 15th July 2013

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Call for inquiry into deaths of four men at psychiatric hospital – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2013 in hospitals, inquests, inquiries, medical treatment, mental health, news by sally

“A public inquiry has been demanded into the use of anti-psychotic drugs after an investigation revealed that side-effects from such medication probably played a part in the deaths, in quick succession, of four men on one hospital ward.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2013

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Hospital bosses face prosecution over care failings – The Independent

Posted July 4th, 2013 in care homes, company directors, fines, hospitals, news, quality assurance by sally

“Hospital and care home managers who allow neglect and abuse to take place on their watch could face criminal prosecution and unlimited fines under new Government plans designed to restore trust in the health service after a series of high profile NHS scandals.”

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The Independent, 4th July 2013

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How has the NHS been changed by the Health and Social Care Act 2012? – No. 5 Chambers

Posted July 3rd, 2013 in budgets, competition, doctors, health, hospitals, lectures, medical treatment by sally

“The purpose of this lecture is to attempt to look at the big themes in healthcare law in order to understand how the legal structure of the NHS has changed as a result of the passing and almost complete implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Inevitably there are other factors that change the NHS at the same time and I will attempt to weave in these other factors at an appropriate place.”

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No. 5 Chambers, 26th June 2013

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CQC: too big a remit, too little funding? – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 19th, 2013 in hospitals, news, social services, standards by sally

“With a smaller budget than the watchdogs it replaced, the Care Quality Commission has had a struggle on its hands.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2013

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Call for resuscitation clarity after ‘disturbing’ death – BBC News

Posted June 19th, 2013 in care homes, coroners, hospitals, medical records, news by sally

“Five organisations have received coroner’s letters highlighting the ‘disturbing’ death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.”

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BBC News, 19th June 2013

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Pregnant mother died on operating table after trainees removed ovary by mistake – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 11th, 2013 in doctors, hospitals, inquests, negligence, news by tracey

“A heavily pregnant mother died on the operating table after two unsupervised trainee surgeons removed one of her ovaries instead of her appendix by mistake.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2013

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Police launch inquiry into hundreds of Stafford hospital deaths – The Guardian

Posted June 11th, 2013 in health, hospitals, inquiries, negligence, news by tracey

“Hundreds of deaths at Stafford hospital are being examined by police after a review identified 200 to 300 cases where neglect might have been a contributory factor. Following the publication of the Francis report into serious care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust, police, medical regulators and prosecutors launched a multi-agency review to establish whether any criminal offences were committed.”

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The Guardian, 10th June 2013

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Leicester Royal Infirmary sorry over 100-year-old’s death – BBC News

“A ‘catastrophic error’ led to a 100-year-old great-grandmother dying from dehydration, a hospital has admitted.”

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BBC News, 5th June 2013

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Disabled woman died after NHS blunders, ombudsman finds – The Guardian

Posted May 21st, 2013 in disabled persons, doctors, health, hospitals, news, ombudsmen, reports by sally

“A catalogue of mistakes by an out-of-hours GP service and a hospital contributed to the death of a young woman with physical and learning disabilities, the NHS ombudsman says on Tuesday in a highly critical report that has led to fresh claims of prejudicial attitudes leading to poor care for such vulnerable patients.”

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The Guardian, 21st May 2013

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Widower to receive £150,000 payout linked to wife’s death in Oxfordshire – BBC News

“A widower left with brain damage from alcohol abuse linked to the shock of his wife’s sudden death is to receive a £150,000 payout from the NHS.”

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BBC News, 15th May 2013

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NHS ‘cover-up culture’ to be tackled with fines – The Guardian

“Hospitals that give false information about death rates will face unlimited fines under new powers aimed at preventing another Mid-Staffordshire-style health scandal.”

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The Guardian, 10th May 2013

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Coombs v North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and another – WLR Daily

Posted May 3rd, 2013 in appeals, costs, detention, hospitals, law reports, mental health by tracey

Coombs v North Dorset NHS Primary Care Trust and another: [2013] EWCA Civ 471;   [2013] WLR (D)  158

“There was nothing inherent in the structure or wording of the Mental Health Act 1983 or the National Health Service Act 2006, and nothing by way of public policy, to exclude the possibility of a person detained under a provision of the 1983 Act from paying or contributing to the cost of his treatment or care.”

WLR Daily, 30th April 2013

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Paul Ridd inquest: NHS neglect ‘contributed to death’ – BBC News

Posted May 3rd, 2013 in hospitals, inquests, learning difficulties, negligence, news by tracey

“A man with severe learning difficulties died from natural causes contributed to by neglect at a Swansea hospital, a coroner has ruled.”

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BBC News, 2nd May 2013

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Verma v Barts and The London NHS Trust (NHS Employers intervening) – WLR Daily

Verma v Barts and The London NHS Trust (NHS Employers intervening) [2013] UKSC 20; [2013] WLR (D) 152

“Where a part-time locum doctor, as a step towards achieving a consultant’s post, took a one-year full time training post at a lower rate of pay but under the relevant NHS terms and conditions was entitled to pay protection, that entitlement was not limited to preserving her previous annual earnings but required her employer to pay all her new full-time hours at an hourly-rate equivalent to her previous part-time work.”

WLR Daily, 24th April 2013

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