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I have to confess that having dealt with CoP proceedings for a number of years, I had always proceeded on the basis of my own understanding that the court does have power to grant injunctions in its own proceedings...

Yesterday (11 May), the Government published Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy. The document, which contains an outline plan for a three stage phased reopening of the country, explains that we are entering stage two of that plan...

EU legislation to introduce a new regulatory system for general medical devices (the Medical Devices Regulation) was to have taken effect from 26 May 2020...

The Health & Safety Executive have published guidance on the application of the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) during the current pandemic...

The Department has issued new guidance for care homes and hospices about using medicines labelled for one patient who no longer needs them for another patient...

It seems that COVID-19 isn’t the only virus healthcare organisations are having to fight, they are also the target of ongoing cyber-attacks...

The starting point in considering the current situation in lockdown are the relevant provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 (the Act) which came into force on the 31 March 2020...

CQC on 1 May published details of its Emergency Support Framework setting out how it will work with health and social care providers registered with it during the pandemic, and for a period afterwards. Up until now all routine inspections have been paused...

We are delighted to offer our newly launched Health Procurement Portal which we think will be of interest to all NHS bodies, whether providers or commissioners...

The Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note PPN 02/20 has been supplemented by some equally exciting guidance aimed at NHS bodies. This is actually quite helpful...

The Royal College of Physicians has published further guidance on the management and care of tracheostomised patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) during the COVID-19 crisis, as a supplement to its national clinical guidelines for PDOC published in March 2020...

Much as I’d like to take the credit for this – by having tempted fate in the most positive way with my blog published not a fair five minutes ago…