14 November 2019 Blog Call for healthcare regulators to overhaul disciplinary procedures NHS Chief People Officer, Prerana Issar, has this month sent a letter to all healthcare professional bodies and regulatory bodies asking them to undertake a review of their guidance and standards that relate to the management and conduct of local investigations and disciplinary procedures... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
14 November 2019 Blog Clinician sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for failing to give evidence at an inquest Duncan Lawrence, the clinical lead and consultant at Lancaster Lodge, a specialist care home for people with mental health problems, has been convicted and sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for failing to provide evidence at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 November 2019 Blog Ofsted guidance on the use of surveillance and monitoring in residential assessment centres Concerns were raised earlier this year in The Telegraph newspaper that children were being abused by their parents in residential family assessment centres. Families are placed in these centres when there are serious concerns regarding their parenting skills... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
7 November 2019 Blog Ms Mustard, with the iPhone in the surgery… Is that a digital recorder I can see in your pocket? What to do when faced with a patient or family member who wants to record your consultation or complaint review meeting? What happens if it’s done without your knowledge?.. Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
5 November 2019 Blog Right to a personal health budget extended to two further groups Hear the word ‘extension’ and chances are you automatically associate it with Brexit, these days. But Halloween 2019 saw what millenials would call a ‘retro’ use of the word, dating from a time when ‘sick’ wasn’t a compliment and ‘woke’ was a verb... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 November 2019 Blog Government’s new patient safety Bill The introduction of the Health Service Safety Investigations Bill as announced in the Queen’s Speech had its second reading in the House of Lords last week... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 November 2019 Blog New independent providers framework on clinical governance for medical practitioners It is hard to believe that it was back in December 2013 that Professor Sir Ian Kennedy published his report, Review of the Response of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust to Concerns about Mr Ian Paterson’s Surgical Practice; Lessons to be Learned; and Recommendations... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
31 October 2019 Blog Too early for the C word? Try the new overseas visitors charging guidance, catering for various permutations of the B word. For those doughty souls who haven’t yet given up the ghost on all matters Brexit, indeed who believe that all their yuletides have been foreshadowed at once with the tantalising prospect of a pre-Christmas general election to decide ‘whether-when-how’ we should Brexit under the current/in-waiting hegemony... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 October 2019 Blog Update: Liberty Protection Safeguards Code of Practice consultation The Government has confirmed that it plans to start a public consultation in the new year on the Code of Practice for the new Liberty Protection Safeguards... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
23 October 2019 Blog NHSX: what’s on the digital innovators' wish list? When NHSX launched in July this year, its chief executive, Matthew Gould, committed to creating an environment where digital innovation could flourish... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
21 October 2019 Blog An update: requests for medical records, GDPR, personal data, data controllers and processors A recent case clarifies the grounds for disclosure of a patient's medical records against a non-party and in this case, a GP practice.... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
15 October 2019 Blog Requests for medical records: GDPR, personal data, data controllers and processors A court has ruled that an application for pre-action disclosure of a patient’s medical records should be dismissed. Data controllers and processors take note. This case clarifies the grounds for disclosure against a non-party and in this case, a GP practice... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read