13 January 2021 Blog High Court puts beyond doubt that there is no statutory duty requiring NHS bodies to consult publicly The decision in the case of R (oao Glatter) v NHS Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group and West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust was handed down on 6 January 2021... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
12 January 2021 Blog Covert evidence in the Court of Protection The Honourable Mr Justice Cohen gave judgment on a challenging Court of Protection case on 31 December concerning the withdrawal of treatment of a patient known as “Z”... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 January 2021 Blog Vaccines, mental capacity and best interests – an update Just before Christmas, the Department of Health and Social Care updated its guidance: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) during the coronavirus pandemic: additional guidance... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 January 2021 Blog A cautionary tale: forging court orders in the Court of Protection In a Court of Protection case, decided in the latter part of 2019, Dahlia Griffith was sentenced to a period of imprisonment for falsifying a court order... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 January 2021 Blog Health tech: supporting it to thrive Digital and data-driven technology has a big part to play in the delivery of health and care services – and the emergency of the novel coronavirus and the subsequent pandemic has driven an increase in the use of digital technology to facilitate remote consultations... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 January 2021 Blog Is repurposing and transforming unwanted retail, hospitality and automotive property stock the way to solve the 2030 care home bed crisis? Research undertaken by JLL suggests that the UK will need some 10,000 new beds per year for every year until 2030 in order to meet demand and avert a looming bed crisis... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
5 January 2021 Blog Key features of the new post-Brexit immigration system The expiry of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 saw the end of EU freedom of movement. From 1 January 2021 the UK’s new points based immigration system will apply to EU as well as non-EU nationals, marking the most significant change to our immigration system for several decades... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 January 2021 Blog CQC inspections and regulation of Whorlton Hall: second independent report Just before Christmas the Care Quality Commission published this report by Professor Glynis Murphy. She had previously presented her first report on Whorlton Hall to CQC’s board in March 2020... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
22 December 2020 Blog New Caldicott principle and statutory guidance arriving in 2021 Earlier this month National Data Guardian (NDG), Dame Fiona Caldicott published the outcomes of a consultation that was held in June 2020 about the Caldicott Principles and the role of Caldicott Guardians. You can read our earlier blog post on the consultation here... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
22 December 2020 Blog To join, or not to join? That was the question... A new Court of Protection decision provides helpful guidance on applications for party status – and in this case, the issue of non-disclosure of confidential information... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
21 December 2020 Blog Next steps on integrated care NHS England and NHS Improvement’s latest publication, Integrating Care – The next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems across England sets out their thinking about the integration of care and the implications for legislation and NHS structures... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
18 December 2020 Blog Care providers: does your care home resident have capacity to consent? Covid-19 vaccinations and mental capacity. With the roll out of the first Covid-19 vaccinations to care homes underway, care home managers and operators will have been absorbed with the logistics of the programme... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read