17 May 2021 Blog National Quality Board on quality in ICSs Last month this three page Position Statement was published for those working in health and care systems. It starts with a reminder of the Triple Aim duty to “deliver high quality care and put quality, including safety, at the forefront of planning an decision making”... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
17 May 2021 Blog Is the physical university campus dead? Is the future for learning, teaching and collaboration online or will students, staff and stakeholders all be back to “normal” on campus soon? Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
16 May 2021 Blog Fire Safety update In February, we wrote about the latest on cladding at that time. Since then there have been a number of further developments relating to cladding and fire safety generally... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
16 May 2021 Blog New guidance on defining disability for neurodivergent individuals A recent decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal involving a worker diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome offers new guidance on the correct approach to assessing whether workers with neurological impairments are protected by the Equality Act... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 May 2021 Blog Mandatory calorie labelling for 'Point of Choice' in cafes, restaurants and takeaways As part of the Governments' Obesity Strategy a new bill was laid before parliament that will require large businesses with 250 or more employees in England, including cafes, restaurants and takeaways, to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items that are prepared for customers on menus and food labels from April 2022.... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 May 2021 Blog Animal Welfare Action Plan Published - How may this may affect Farmers & Food Producers? On 12 May 2021 the UK government published an Action Plan for Animal Welfare proposing measures to further protect the treatment of animals in the UK and abroad... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
13 May 2021 Blog In conversation – Euan Hall, The Land Trust Christine de Ferrars Green talks to Euan Hall, chief executive of the Land Trust, about the management of green spaces for communities... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
12 May 2021 Blog Fire Safety Update Following our article in February on the latest on cladding... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
12 May 2021 Blog Cladding and fire safety: key considerations Following the Grenfell disaster in June 2017, many of those with an interest in buildings which contain residential accommodation and which are over 18 metres have been carrying out investigations on their buildings to see if, from a fire safety perspective, they were built in accordance with the Building Regulations in force at the time of construction... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
11 May 2021 Blog ICS landscape: planning for the future Getting ready for provider collaboratives and place-based partnership working. With April 2021 marking the deadline by which all areas in England need to be part of an Integrated Care System or ICS, we look at how the ICS landscape is evolving... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
11 May 2021 Blog Update: Government guidance on sleep-ins and payment of National Minimum Wage Latest update provides helpful guidance to the care sector on what constitutes working hours for which the National Minimum Wage (NMW) must be paid... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
11 May 2021 Blog Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill Following yesterday’s Queen’s Speech setting out the Government’s new programme of legislation, a new Bill received its first reading in the House of Commons today on freedom of speech in English higher education institutions. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read