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The Hewitt review weighs in at 89 pages and sets out 36 recommendations focused on six key principles that will create the environment in which ICSs can ‘thrive and deliver’.

The Government has announced a “delay” to the implementation of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 which was due to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and replace the heavily criticised deprivation of liberty safeguard system...

Patricia Hewitt’s review of integrated care systems in England sets out wide ranging recommendations on oversight and governance...

Increased funding for care homes providing nursing...

The recent case of Hexpress Healthcare Ltd v CQC demonstrates the importance of getting the regulator's Factual Accuracy Check process right...

CQC publish interim guidance on its approach to assessing integrated care systems...

The Government’s plans to reform children’s social care are set out in Stable Homes, Built on Love – the long-awaited response to the three independent reviews published in 2022 into children’s social care in England...

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched its cyber security strategy for the health and social care sector...

Recent focus has been on pensions for doctors in terms of the Government’s radical plans to abolish the Lifetime Allowance...

Healthier future inspires major NHS suppliers to step-up net zero ambitions...

Everything you need to know about Data Subject Access Requests...

A recent Court of Protection case raises the interesting question of whether protection of the general public, as well as the patient, is an issue that should be addressed by the current deprivation of liberty system...