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Will NHS patients have access to "game-changing" cancer treatment?
30/04/18
CAR-T therapy trials have had extraordinary success, putting patients into remission, who had only months to live.
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New NHS Counter Fraud Authority sets out plans to tackle fraud in the NHS in 2018-2019
27/04/18
The NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA), created in November 2017 to replace NHS Protect, has published its business plan for 2018-2019.
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SPL - Fathers not entitled to the same pay as mothers on maternity leave
27/04/18
In Ali v Capita Customer Management Limited, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that fathers on Shared Parental Leave (SPL) cannot be compared with mothers on maternity leave.
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DJ guilty of contempt of court after NHS compensation bid
27/04/18
An NHS Trust has brought proceedings against Sandip Atwal for contempt of court in clinical negligence proceedings. He has been found guilty of 14 counts.
What does Labour’s new green paper ‘Housing for the many’ mean in practice?
26/04/18
Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey launched Labour’s green paper on social housing last week. The headline statistic is that Labour plan to build one million new homes over the next 10 years.
Trust’s monitoring arrangements did not breach junior doctors’ contracts of employment
26/04/18
In this significant decision for NHS employers nationally, the High Court has reviewed the approach taken by numerous NHS Trusts to the monitoring of junior doctor rotas.
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The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 - Requirements for NHS Trusts and FTs
25/04/18
The NIS Regulations 2018 come into effect on 10 May 2018. The Regulations require Operators of Essential Services (OES) - including NHS Trusts and NHS Foundation Trusts
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How affordable is "affordable housing"?
24/04/18
Today's headlines will make for grim reading for Teresa May, who has taken "personal charge" for solving this country's housing crisis.
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Should developers be permitted to make cash payments, instead of delivering affordable homes?
24/04/18
Headlines suggest that hundreds of millions of pounds, earmarked for affordable housing, is not being spent by local authorities.
Care homes – Employment law quarterly update
24/04/18
Capsticks’ team of employment specialists are delighted to provide you with the first of our quarterly employment law updates which includes recent cases and laws relevant to the sector.
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Does Size Matter? Developing in Partnership
23/04/18
Discussions were buzzing at the “Does Size Matter? Developing in Partnership” roundtable for Winmark’s Affordable Housing Network this afternoon.
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Purdah 2018 guidance
19/04/18
The Government has published guidance for public bodies on activities during the run-in to the 2018 local elections on 3 May.