6 April 2022 Blog Consultation on SEND review launched New government green paper on the future of SEND and its plans to 'level up' opportunities for children and young people... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
5 April 2022 Blog A greener NHS: achieving the NHS’s net- zero targets and its wider social value priorities From 1 April Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/20 on the social value model and net zero emissions will extend to the commissioning and purchase of goods and services by NHS organisations... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
31 March 2022 Blog CMA publish final report on Children’s Social Care Market The Competition and Markets Authority has published its final report into its market study into children’s social care provision... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
25 March 2022 Blog The importance of full disclosure: if in doubt, speak up, and let the Coroner decide A recent Divisional Court decision highlights the important lesson to witnesses of disclosing all potential evidence about the circumstances of death... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
17 March 2022 Blog Liberty Protection Safeguards consultation launched The long-awaited consultation on the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice and implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards is now live... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
17 March 2022 Blog An integrated health and care workforce – a reality? In our continuing series of blogs on the recently published Integration White Paper, we look at the health and care workforce proposals. The White Paper finally shows the part that the workforce can play while emphasising that it is our ‘biggest asset’ and central to delivering integrated care... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 March 2022 Blog Place based leaders to get the flexibility to deploy pooled budgets Next in our series of blogs on the integration white paper, we look at the financial frameworks and incentives (section three of the paper) in place to facilitate integration of health and care services at place level... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
14 March 2022 Blog Liberty Protection Safeguards arriving ‘very soon’ The LPS policy team at the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed in its March 2022 update that it expects to launch the public consultation on LPS ‘very soon’... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 March 2022 Blog Be careful how you express your opinions An important point, and one for those in the field of inquests, particularly as the Northern Ireland High Court found in the matter of Downey involving concerns of coronial bias... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
9 March 2022 Blog Getting ready for the new Information Standards on medicine safety From the end of March 2023, NHS and social care organisations will need to be compliant with NHS Digital’s new Information Standard designed to support reduced medication errors and improve patient safety... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
7 March 2022 Blog Revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment in all health and care settings On 1 March the Government confirmed that, following public consultation, it intends to proceed with bringing forward regulations to revoke vaccination as a condition of deployment. The regulations will come into force on 15 March ahead of the 1 April deadline when regulations extending the requirement to health and the wider social care were due to come into force... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
1 March 2022 Blog New law to prevent use of force in mental health settings coming into force on 31 March Seni's law formally known as the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018Â comes into force on 31 March, with the aim of increasing protections and oversights on use of force in mental health settings... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read