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Jagvinder Singh Kang looks at what GDPR means for healthcare organisations in 2022...

The Government has announced plans to allow employment agencies to send staff to cover for striking workers...

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

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...

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...

On 20 May 2022, Bristol County Court gave the anticipated judgment in Abrahart (Administrator of the estate of Natasha Abrahart, deceased) v University of Bristol...

Provider collaboratives are set to become a universal feature of the new health and care system in England from July 2022...

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...

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...

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...

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...