11 June 2019 Blog Ambulance Trust appeal in Flowers litigation dismissed The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust and ruled that regularly worked voluntary overtime should be reflected in the calculation of its workers' holiday pay... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
11 June 2019 Blog New consultation: changes to the transfer and remission of adult patients detained under the Mental Health Act NHS England and NHS Improvement launched their consultation on 23 May 2019. The consultation is in connection with guidance for individuals held in prisons and immigration removal centres (IRCs), who have subsequently been detained, subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and require treatment within mental health in-patient services... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
9 June 2019 Blog Table talk: commissioners beware, direct payments for funding care packages do have limitations Court of Protection finds financial and care management oversight arrangements for managing a personal health budget in the best interests of a young man... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
5 June 2019 Blog Latest on Article 2 inquests: ordinary clinical negligence will not automatically result in a human rights inquest Inquests following the death of a detained patient will often trigger an Article 2 inquest. This will mean lengthy and difficult court proceedings... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
4 June 2019 Blog Misconduct in Public Office? Beware! When a coroner gets their hands on a revised Serious Incident report… Have you been ‘fiddling’ with your SI investigator’s reports? With the best of intentions - health and care managers often seek to ‘improve’ the conclusions and recommendations made in reports... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 June 2019 Blog Primary Care Networks: ten helpful tips Following the 2019/20 GP contract changes, many GP contractors and other community providers will be starting to consider and indeed create Primary Care Networks... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
2 June 2019 Blog Charging overseas visitors: when are you an asylum seeker? Further light was shed upon the application of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015, recently, by the case of R (ota ERA) v (1) Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2) Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2019]... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
28 May 2019 Blog Dishonesty and lying to the Coroner. Is there perjury ‘in the air’? I am sure none of us would be party to this. But I read this blog (from our colleagues at Serjeants’ Inn Chambers and our friend Bridget Dolan QC) with interest. It is a timely reminder... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
28 May 2019 Blog Is it suicide? Court of Appeal provide welcome clarity Recent decision provides clarity on the civil standard of proof for suicide conclusions, whether in short or narrative form... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
23 May 2019 Blog Coroner fines NHS trust CEO for failure to disclose investigation reports A salutary reminder to NHS trusts and foundation trusts in relation to coroner inquests and their duties. The Isle of Wight NHS Trust chief executive, Maggie Oldham, has been fined £500 after staff investigating a number of deaths failed to disclose investigation reports to coroner Caroline Sumeray... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
15 May 2019 Blog Unlawful psychiatric detention: patient receives £11,500 in damages Unlawful mental health detention – the financial consequences. A new decision provides important guidance on the liability of mental health providers and medical professionals in the difficult area of detaining patients, as well as the ability to recover damages where a claimant is unlawfully detained... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
12 May 2019 Blog How should you react to the latest business failure in the healthcare sector? The administration of the Four Seasons care home group is the latest in a line of high profile insolvency processes of companies providing services to the public sector, coming hot on the heels of the Interserve administration and following the liquidation of Carillion last year... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read