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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...

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...

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...

The EAT's latest ruling on gender critical beliefs...

The UK IPO has issued a response to its recent consultation on what changes, if any, are required to make intellectual property law work well for new technologies, such as AI. A change to the exemption for text and data mining is proposed.

As part of the development of ICSs, NHS England has launched a six week consultation on draft guidance supporting NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to work effectively within systems...

Today (1 July 2022) 42 Integrated Care Boards across England will be established under the Health and Care Act 2022....

An employment tribunal has confirmed a worker with long COVID was disabled...

In the important case of Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP,  judgment was handed down recently by the Court of Appeal. The case concerns collateral warranties and construction contracts.

The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) was given royal assent in April and whilst many provisions of the Act are not yet in force, there are a series of key provisions which come into force on 28 June 2022. 

The Fuller Stocktake report sets out a new vision for integrating primary care led by integrated neighbourhood teams...

The national framework for NHS CHC and NHS-FNC was updated to reflect a number of changes coming into effect from 1 July 2022...