Blog
26/06/18
Leading doctors yesterday (25 June) rejected calls for the BMA to consider charging patients (between £5 to £25) for GP appointments in order to prop up the NHS.
Blog
22/06/18
Mr Hampton had a hip replacement and the wrong prosthetic was implanted, which has been categorised as a "never event" since 2011. The hospital informed HSIB and the incident was selected as the reference incident into a national investigation.
Supreme Court upholds need for variations to follow contractual process
20/06/18
An insight into the the Rock Advertising Limited v MWB Business Exchange Centres Limited judgment.
Access to health records - important changes to know
18/06/18
Important points to note about the charging regimes and finding the exemptions
Supreme Court rejects appeal in Pimlico Plumbers case
15/06/18
An insight into the highly publicised case on worker status, Pimlico Plumbers v Smith.
Housing case law - June 2018 update
15/06/18
Our monthly #ukhousing case law update to keep you one step ahead.
Blog
12/06/18
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch ("HSIB") is the independent organisation that has been set up to investigate incidents for the purpose of learning and improving safety in the NHS.
Blog
12/06/18
On 11 June 2018 Professor Sir Norman Williams published his rapid policy review into gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) in the healthcare setting. Some, including the GMC, have said that the recommendations have not gone far enough
Blog
11/06/18
A Pulse survey has revealed that GP vacancy rates are at the highest level ever recorded, with one in six positions currently unfilled.
Revised section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act
11/06/18
Due to the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, there are consequential changes to s. 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Court of Appeal decision on duty to warn of risks of surgery
07/06/18
The Court of Appeal has provided further clarification on a doctor’s duty to disclose material risks to a patient.
Blog
06/06/18
Dr Vaishnavy Laxman has been cleared of serious misconduct by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal (MPT) finding that her fitness to practise was not impaired when, in March 2014, she negligently performed a vaginal delivery.