POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 22 DECEMBER 2020 New Caldicott principle and statutory guidance arriving in 2021 Earlier this month National Data Guardian (NDG), Dame Fiona Caldicott published the outcomes of a consultation that was held in June 2020 about the Caldicott Principles and the role of Caldicott Guardians. You can read our earlier blog post on the consultation here... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read HealthTech Information governance Patient care Regulation Social care
POSTED BY JILL WESTON | 22 DECEMBER 2020 To join, or not to join? That was the question... A new Court of Protection decision provides helpful guidance on applications for party status – and in this case, the issue of non-disclosure of confidential information... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
POSTED BY RHIAN VANDRILL | 21 DECEMBER 2020 Next steps on integrated care NHS England and NHS Improvement’s latest publication, Integrating Care – The next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems across England sets out their thinking about the integration of care and the implications for legislation and NHS structures... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY AMANDA NARKIEWICZ | 18 DECEMBER 2020 Care providers: does your care home resident have capacity to consent? Covid-19 vaccinations and mental capacity. With the roll out of the first Covid-19 vaccinations to care homes underway, care home managers and operators will have been absorbed with the logistics of the programme... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY JANE WILLIAMS | 11 DECEMBER 2020 High Court says lawyers are supporters (whatever they told you in law school…) If I said that my sole encounter with The Art of War by Sun Tzu was in civil litigation classes at law school, would you furrow your brow or nod approvingly?.. Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 9 DECEMBER 2020 Supreme Court’s ruling on sleep-in shifts expected ‘soon’ But which way will the Supreme Court go?Amongst the many operational issues currently occupying the head space of care home operators, owners or an investor seeking to acquire a provider is the much anticipated Supreme Court decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 8 DECEMBER 2020 Hospital disciplinary procedures must be reviewed by March 2021 NHS England’s People Officer, Prerana Issar has signalled a step change in hospital disciplinary procedures urging NHS organisations to review their polices in line with the new national guidance and refresh them annually, if required... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY JOG HUNDLE | 7 DECEMBER 2020 “Typical” menopausal symptoms amounted to a disability In what is possibly the first decision of its kind, an employment tribunal has decided that an employee with range of common menopausal symptoms was entitled to the protection of the Equality Act as a disabled person... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY NEIL WARD | 4 DECEMBER 2020 Puberty blocking treatment: can a child consent? A new decision raises wide ranging implications for the treatment of children with gender dysphoria. The High Court has recently given a landmark decision in relation to the treatment of young people with “puberty blocking” medication... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 3 DECEMBER 2020 New guidance on the new Liberty Protection Safeguards process The Department of Health and Social Care has published its third LPS newsletter updating Liberty Protection Safeguard stakeholders of key updates regarding the progress on implementation of LPS... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
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