Blog archive

Rebecca Pallot walks through the key points from NHS England and NHS Improvement’s recently published guidance document on supporting the NHS workforce throughout the development and transition towards statutory Integrated Care Systems...

If Covid was a storm, it’s fair to say the life sciences sector has not only weathered it, but is well on its way to curing it too...

The National Microbiology Framework is a new national public health procurement scheme. It will help to ensure laboratories as well as other diagnostic and treatment services have...

International aid charity trustees should be aware of the alert issued by the Commission, which sets out steps such charities can take to make sure they are keeping people, including beneficiaries, employees, volunteers and others, safe from harm...

A contract notice worth £10 billion to provide services at community diagnostic hubs has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement...

The CQC has published the Emerging Concerns Protocol developed under the governance of the Health and Social Care Regulators' Forum...

Last month saw the regulator announce changes to how it regulates services before rolling these out across services from July...

The first PPN, PPN 05/21, sets out information and guidance for contracting authorities on the National Procurement Policy Statement. It applies to all contracting authorities...

The LPS policy team at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published on 25 June 2021 an update on current developments. In this blog, we look at what’s new...

Earlier this month the Law Commission published a discussion paper and launched a consultation on corporate criminal liability...

Health leaders can breathe a sigh of relief as EU Member states have voted to approve the adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime which provides legal certainty for patients and the sector...

The strategy called Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data sets out the Secretary of State’s vision for how data will be used to improve the health and care of the population in a ‘safe, trusted and transparent’ way...