27 June 2022 Blog Key UK GDPR considerations for healthcare organisations in 2022 Jagvinder Singh Kang looks at what GDPR means for healthcare organisations in 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
22 June 2022 Blog Regulators launch consultation on SEND inspections The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills and the Care Quality Commission have revealed plans for new area SEND inspections to operate from early 2023... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
21 June 2022 Blog Five things you need to know about the Policy Exchange report on reforming general practice Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
20 June 2022 Blog High Court judge quashes coroner’s decision not to hold Article 2 investigation A High Court judge has quashed a coroner's ruling that the Article 2 duty has not been potentially engaged by the death of 16-year-old girl... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
13 June 2022 Blog Provider collaboratives: working together at scale Provider collaboratives are set to become a universal feature of the new health and care system in England from July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
13 June 2022 Blog White paper’s clarion call to ICS leaders to engage with adult social care sector Research outlined in a white paper finds that effective engagement among Integrated Care Systems or ICSs with the adult social care sector (ASC) has not been consistent... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
13 June 2022 Blog Quality and clinical improvement: Seni's Law to prevent use of force in mental health settings December 2021 saw commencement of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 to better protect patients in mental health settings. Final statutory guidance was published following public consultation... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
13 June 2022 Blog Quality and clinical improvement: CQC on restraint, segregation and seclusion The Care Quality Commission published Out of sight – who cares? report in October 2020, which looked at the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services. They have recently published their second report commenting on the progress achieved so far... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
13 June 2022 Blog Liberty Protection Safeguards and Mental Capacity Act Code consultation - have your say The Department of Health and Social Care and Ministry of Justice has launched its 16-week consultation on a new draft Mental Capacity Code of Practice... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
13 June 2022 Blog The interplay between data protection and litigation Whilst data protection obligations have existed for quite some time, it is only in more recent years, since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (now known as UK GDPR), that data protection has become part of mainstream legal consciousness... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
6 June 2022 Blog Gillick competence, puberty blockers and the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has refused an application for permission to appeal in the matter of Bell v Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The decision reaffirms the principle of Gillick competence... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
20 May 2022 Blog New refreshed guidance on the professional duty of candour All healthcare professionals have a duty of candour – this is the professional duty to be open and honest with their colleagues, employers, professional regulators and relevant organisations when things go wrong... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read