14 July 2022 Blog Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill 2022: detention and community treatment orders The draft Mental Health Bill published on 27 June 2022 will amend the Mental Health Act 1983 and modernise mental health legislation in England and Wales... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 July 2022 Blog Candour and honesty for health and care providers The CQC has updated its duty of candour guidance making changes to clarify how registered providers of health and care should apply the term “unexpected or unintended” to decide if something qualifies as a ‘notifiable safety incident’ or not... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 July 2022 Blog A new data strategy for health and care The Department of Health and Social Care's final version of the NHS’s data strategy, Data saves lives is the clearest articulation of how the Department intends to ensure that data will be used to improve the health and care of the population... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
11 July 2022 Blog Safety watchdog finds shortage of learning disability nurses risks medicine omissions The shortage of learning disability nurses is impacting the quality of patient care an investigation has revealed... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
6 July 2022 Blog New regulations on Integrated Care Board exceptions to core responsibility New regulations set out the list of people that are exceptions to the group of people for whom an Integrated Care Board will ordinarily have core responsibility... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
6 July 2022 Blog Revised hospital discharge guidance introduces new duties for hospitals NHS England has updated its hospital discharge and community support guidance to reflect the changes introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022 which came into force on 1 July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 July 2022 Blog ICO re-set on public sector enforcement The Information Commissioner’s Office has set out a new approach to working with public authorities, focusing on raising data protection standards and sharing good practice while reducing the impact of fines... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
5 July 2022 Blog NHS England’s updated Who Pays? guidance: what NHS commissioners need to know New updated Who Pays? guidance is key reading material for the newly formed Integrated Care Boards who now have responsibility for the commissioning functions previously held by CCGs. The updated guidance takes effect from 1 July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
1 July 2022 Blog Supporting NHS trusts and foundations trusts on good governance and collaboration within Integrated Care Systems As part of the development of ICSs, NHS England has launched a six week consultation on draft guidance supporting NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to work effectively within systems... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 July 2022 Blog ICSs and their Integrated Care Boards go-live Today (1 July 2022) 42 Integrated Care Boards across England will be established under the Health and Care Act 2022.... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
27 June 2022 Blog Fuller Stocktake: a vision for integrating primary care The Fuller Stocktake report sets out a new vision for integrating primary care led by integrated neighbourhood teams... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
27 June 2022 Blog Updates to the national framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care come into force from 1 July 2022 The national framework for NHS CHC and NHS-FNC was updated to reflect a number of changes coming into effect from 1 July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read