A Pulse survey has revealed that GP vacancy rates are at the highest level ever recorded, with one in six positions currently unfilled.

Due to the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR, there are consequential changes to s. 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Court of Appeal has provided further clarification on a doctor’s duty to disclose material risks to a patient.

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.

With news that borrowing by housing associations exceeded £10bn last financial year (a £2.6bn increase on the previous year), there is some evidence that the current rush to refinance may be coming to an end.

In the aftermath of Bawa-Garba, Dame Clare Marx, Chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, has been commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) to conduct an independent review into how cases of gross negligence manslaughter

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For the first time the Court accepts that certain losses which were considerable but not catastrophic for the losing bidder could still not be adequately compensated by money.

On 29 May, NHS England announced a new £10 m fund; £7m to support and retain GPs to be made available through regional-based schemes to promote new ways of working and by offering additional support through a new Local GP Retention Fund

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation on draft advice it has prepared for providers of residential and nursing care homes for people in the UK over 65 on their consumer law obligations.

Following an NHS Counter-Fraud Authority ("NHSCFA") investigation, a medical recruitment agent, along with four health care assistants and a nurse were sentenced for fraud offences.

The EAT has found that a Claimant’s summary dismissal, without any existing warnings, was fair even though he had not committed any single act of gross misconduct.