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NHS Improvement issues update to rules on NHS agency staff
29/06/18
Last month, Ian Dalton, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, outlined changes to its current rules aimed to further reduce the spending on agency staff across the NHS.
Court of Appeal confirms that allegations must be specific and factual to amount to protected disclosures
28/06/18
Court of Appeal has provided some further guidance on what will amount to a "protected disclosure" under the whistleblowing legislation.
Emergency services roundup - 28 June
28/06/18
Capsticks’ bi-weekly roundup of insights and news stories affecting emergency services.
Inquests: increase in public funding for representation for bereaved families
26/06/18
Guidance issued changing the way public funding for representation for families at Article 2 inquests is decided.
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Calls for patients to be charged for GP appointments rejected at BMA annual meeting
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.
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HSIB's first report - recommendations to minimise wrong prosthetic incidents
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.
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HSIB aims to achieve national coverage for maternity incidents by March 2019
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.
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Williams rapid policy review into gross negligence manslaughter makes 10 recommendations
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