Update on the Single Oversight Framework and new rules for the NHS-controlled providers from April

The Supreme Court have handed down a decision of some magnitude for inquest practitioners and those they represent. R (on the application of Maughan) (Appellant) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire (Respondent) [2020] UKSC 46.

The health and social care regulator is consulting on its strategy for the next five years and beyond. Its draft strategy document explains how it plans to develop its approach to regulation in the context of a changing health and care landscape – taking into account learning from the Covid-19 pandemic, the growth of new technology and the shift to delivering care as a ‘system’ rather than the ‘single provider service model’. In short, ensuring that the new regulatory model is fit for the future