To welcome Puja to the firm we asked her to address some of the most common questions we receive on this topic from GPs and Practice Managers.

The end of MedTech week coincides with the start of a new football season. In a week when the father of a schoolboy footballer who sadly collapsed during a football match and died three days later from an underlying undiagnosed cardiac condition

Capsticks’ bi-weekly roundup of insights and news stories affecting emergency services.

CCGs and NHS England are under obligations in exercising their functions to have regard to the need to reduce health inequalities. Almost all public authorities are under obligations to have due regard to the need to reduce inequalities

An interesting judgment that finds that the existing statutory protection against discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 can be interpreted to cover discrimination against someone because of their belief in Scottish independence.

Our summary of the key points from the new National Planning Policy Framework.

Supreme Court upholds decision on withdrawal of CANH in the case of NHS Trust v Y [2018] UKSC 46.

A GPonline poll of 400 GPs found that seven in 10 GPs believe it is unsafe to record reflective notes in writing following the High Court hearing of the GMC appeal culminating in Dr Bawa-Garba being struck off.

The criminal standard of proof is no longer required for an inquest to determine that a death was as a result of suicide.

The Supreme Court has given judgment in An NHS Trust and others (Respondents)(by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and another (Appellant) concerning whether it is necessary to go to Court in all cases

Capsticks’ bi-weekly roundup of insights and news stories affecting emergency services.

NHS Counter Fraud Authority have recently published two pieces of helpful guidance to NHS organisations in order to help prevent fraud arising as a result of i) fraudulent invoicing and ii) Pre-contract procurement fraud.