11 December 2020 Blog High Court says lawyers are supporters (whatever they told you in law school…) If I said that my sole encounter with The Art of War by Sun Tzu was in civil litigation classes at law school, would you furrow your brow or nod approvingly?.. Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
9 December 2020 Blog Supreme Court’s ruling on sleep-in shifts expected ‘soon’ But which way will the Supreme Court go?Amongst the many operational issues currently occupying the head space of care home operators, owners or an investor seeking to acquire a provider is the much anticipated Supreme Court decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
8 December 2020 Blog Hospital disciplinary procedures must be reviewed by March 2021 NHS England’s People Officer, Prerana Issar has signalled a step change in hospital disciplinary procedures urging NHS organisations to review their polices in line with the new national guidance and refresh them annually, if required... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
7 December 2020 Blog “Typical” menopausal symptoms amounted to a disability In what is possibly the first decision of its kind, an employment tribunal has decided that an employee with range of common menopausal symptoms was entitled to the protection of the Equality Act as a disabled person... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
4 December 2020 Blog Puberty blocking treatment: can a child consent? A new decision raises wide ranging implications for the treatment of children with gender dysphoria. The High Court has recently given a landmark decision in relation to the treatment of young people with “puberty blocking” medication... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
3 December 2020 Blog New guidance on the new Liberty Protection Safeguards process The Department of Health and Social Care has published its third LPS newsletter updating Liberty Protection Safeguard stakeholders of key updates regarding the progress on implementation of LPS... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 December 2020 Blog Update on the coronial landscape: Chief Coroner’s combined annual reports Judge Mark Lucraft QC’s combined sixth and seventh annual reports to the Lord Chancellor details the current state of the coroner service in 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
1 December 2020 Blog Electronic communication of statutory forms under the Mental Health Act From 1 December 2020 many of the statutory forms under the Mental Health Act 1983 can be communicated electronically. This follows an amendment to Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) Regulations 2008... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 November 2020 Blog Covid rules and care home visiting policies Living through a pandemic is challenging enough, but living through a pandemic in a care home has been a truly brutal experience for both the residents and their families... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
26 November 2020 Blog Department of Health and Social Care commits to action on eight 'priority' areas The Department has published its Bureaucracy busting document on 24 November. It was announced at the NHS Confederation’s NHS Reset Conference where Matt Hancock spoke about a new strategy to reduce excess bureaucracy... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
26 November 2020 Blog NHS reorganisation update: ICS on statutory footing by April 2022 Integrated Care Systems are to be given a ‘legal form’ from spring 2022 if new legislation comes forward in the early part of 2021 according to comments made by Sir Simon Stevens at this week's NHS Reset Conference... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
26 November 2020 Blog Update: public procurement in 2021 Given the many challenges raised by the Covid pandemic, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU on public procurement will not have been high on many people’s agenda... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read