Blog archive

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...

A recent Court of Appeal decision was welcome news for Bath Rugby Club as it enables the planned construction of a new 18,000-seater capacity stadium.

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’...

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...

A new ruling from the Court of Appeal clarifies the test for worker status...

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...

Employers can expect three significant employment-related changes from next month...

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...

We review the Information Commissioner's Office guidance on the use of video surveillance - a sensitive area in the data protection arena.

The ABPI is proposing a new set of principles to improve public trust and transparency around the use of health data.

Seni's law formally known as the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 comes into force on 31 March, with the aim of increasing protections and oversights on use of force in mental health settings...

Mills & Reeve has recently advised on an important case giving guidance on the payment of discretionary benefits under a pension scheme...