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Following the Government’s announcement last month that Covid-19 vaccination is to become a condition of deployment for frontline health and care staff, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published guidance and resources...

The recently published Adult Social Care White Paper: People at the Heart of Care has a major focus on using the full potential of technology to support people’s lives and aspirations...

There is a lot of detail in the Adult Social Care Reform White Paper published on 1 December - whether you are in the public or independent sector there are a number of points to note...

The Government’s White Paper sets out its 10-year vision for the future of social care, built around new investments in: housing and home adaptations, technology and digitisation, workforce training and wellbeing support and support for unpaid carers and innovation. These reforms develop the plans that the Government has previously outlined in its policy paper...

Yesterday (7 December 2021) saw the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 commence to better protect patients in mental health settings...

The Office for Students (OfS) has published a consultation outlining its strategy for the next three years.

Recent press reports suggest that some employees are now successfully working two jobs simultaneously. Arguably this has become more common because of the move to remote working during the pandemic...

A guide to the basics: payment provisions in construction contracts

Higher education providers have been told that the use of over-recruitment clauses in admissions offers that allow them to withdraw or defer places if courses are oversubscribed are likely to be in contravention of consumer law.

The Supreme Court has given its first ever ruling on decision-making capacity of the person but potentially of others to have sexual relations...

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal against a decision from the Vice-President, Mr Justice Hayden as it was argued that he used a judicial visit to P in hospital to inform his decision...

The Government announced a series of measures on 24 November 2021 which were described by the Minister for Higher and Further Education as “historic reforms” intended to enable post-recovery Britain to become a “skills powerhouse”.