To mark the anniversary of the introduction of MHPS in 2003, Laura Horovitz, Legal Director in the Employment and Pensions Division, has teamed up with special guest, Mark Sutton KC from Old Square Chambers, to record a podcast series on MHPS.

In this edition: Darzi report, the new patient safety strategy for GPs, Clinical Negligence Claims Agreement, the latest on fixed recoverable costs and much more.

In this article, we summarise the new statutory medical examiner (ME) system and how this impacts your organisation.

The Summer edition of our Clinical Law Insight, in this edition: the Infected Blood Inquiry and the Voicing Loss project reports, new medical examiner system for investigating deaths and much more.

In Episode 4 our experts consider the new Competitive Flexible Procedure and how contracting authorities can design their own procedure under the Act.

In this podcast Gerard Aston, Partner and Head of the Claims Handling Service speaks with Zaki Kramer, Deputy Director for Quality, Risk & Trust SIRO at Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

In this insight we highlight the main considerations for NHS bodies during the current pre-election period.

The Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel (the “Panel”), established under the NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR), has published its first case review report.

On 9 May the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published The National Health Service (General Medical Services Premises Costs) Directions 2024 (“the new Premises Cost Directions”).

On 1 April 2024, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased to £11.44 per hour. As a consequence some workers who benefit from salary sacrifice or net deduction arrangements could now be paid less than the NLW.

This edition focus on safety & learning and governance, learning from coroners’ Prevention of Future Death reports, governance issues around the quality of information provided to Boards and the recently announced review of the duty of candour.

What role do ICBs play in supporting recipients of a Personal Health Budget in employing personal assistants or carers? We outline the risks for ICBs supporting service users with the employment issues.