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We are often asked if community care arrangements amount to a deprivation of liberty and if so, whether an application to Court of Protection to authorise the arrangements is required...

The Government remains committed to its aims of putting bereaved people at the heart of the inquest and to ensuring that the inquest process is as sensitive as possible to their needs...

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, which leads the national Gender Identity and Development Service (GIDS), has successfully appealed ....

With today (16 September) marking the last day for staff working in CQC registered care homes in England to have their first vaccine if they want to be fully vaccinated...

NHSX’s framework on Shared Care Records (ShCRs) is for Information Governance professionals (IG), designed to provide...

The What Good Looks Like (WGLL) framework sets out NHSX’s flagship programme to create a clear vision for good digital practice across health and care that supports Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and organisations to level up – the ‘North Star’ for NHS Leaders embarking on digital transformation regardless of where they are on their tech journey...

The case of AH is the third case Mr Justice Hayden has decided involving treatment withdrawal in the context of Covid-19....

Regular readers who have been following the ping pong of the section 117 ordinary residence disputes between Worcestershire and Swindon may be interested to know that the Department of Health and Social Care published updated statutory guidance on 27 August 2021.....

In the matter of an application for Judicial Review by Linda Kercher and Carol Mitchell [2020] NICA 31, the first thing to say is that....

A consultation has been launched on extending mandatory vaccination requirements beyond care homes to other health and care settings for Covid-19 but also for flu. The consultation ...

As many commentators predicted, a judicial review challenge is shortly to be launched challenging the new Regulations (The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021), which come into force from 11 November 2021 requiring ...

The recently outlined Better Care Fund policy framework sets out the conditions and funding for the BCF in 2021 to 2022. It is one of the Government’s national vehicles for driving health and social care integration, requiring ....