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The Department of Health and Social Care published its second bi-monthly report at the end of July on the status of the non-devolved provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020...

The Third Phase of NHS response to COVID-19 has now been published from the chief executive, Sir Simon Stevens and chief operating officer, Amanda Pritchard...

As the UK moves towards the end of the transition period for leaving the EU, the application of the EU-wide regime for medicines and medical devices to the UK market is coming to an end...

Employers up and down the country have been working hard to protect their employees and others from coronavirus – and now, the Health and Safety Executive has published a document setting what to include in a Covid-19 risk assessment...

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a fall in income for many companies that rely on trading, including the trading subsidiaries of many charities...

In our previous blog, we explained how the Tribunal Procedure Committee (TCP) proposed that section 2 tribunal hearings be listed within ten days rather than seven days...

“We have found that the healthcare system – in which I include the NHS, private providers, the regulators and professional bodies, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and policymakers – is disjointed, siloed, unresponsive and defensive.”  Cumberlege review...

In a recent decision, the High Court concluded that NHS Croydon CCG had adopted a flawed decision- making process in assessing the continuing care needs of a seven-year-old boy with a tracheostomy...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has presented a report, called Making Complaints Count, to Parliament describing the NHS complaints system in “urgent need of reform and investment”...

The Government has published new legislation on a week’s pay which comes into effect on 31 July. Its aim is to clarify the dismissal-related rights of employees who have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which ends on 31 October...

The Business and Planning Act 2020 (BPA 2020) received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020...

Over recent months the British public has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to respond collectively to the risks posed by coronavirus and in doing so, our lives in lockdown have naturally become more eco-friendly.