3 May 2020 Blog Show me the money: new guidance for NHS contracts 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... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
3 May 2020 Blog Covid-19: Royal College issues further guidance on the management of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness 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... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
3 May 2020 Blog Covid-19: Double take. Fertility treatment to resume! 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… Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
28 April 2020 Blog The absence of proper PPE. Potential trouble for those employing frontline workers in fighting COVID. Today’s guidance from the Chief Coroner No. 37. It is immaterial whether the Government’s action and policy is ‘right, wrong or indifferent’ - what is clear is many on the ‘frontline’ do not appear to have the necessary protective equipment... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
28 April 2020 Blog Government announces delay in its response to the Paterson inquiry The Department of Health and Social Care announced on 28 April that there would be a delay in providing its formal, written response to the 15 recommendations made by the independent inquiry due to the COVID-19 crisis diverting resources from this work... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
21 April 2020 Blog Article 2 inquests: new judicial guidance on what should be included in a Coroner’s conclusion The High Court, together with the Chief Coroner have recently considered a judicial review of a Coroner’s decision in Wales relating to a conclusion reached in an Article 2 inquest: R (Carole Smith) v HM Assistant Coroner for North West Wales... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
19 April 2020 Blog Covid-19: Mental Health Act and the exercise of approval instructions The Department of Health and Social Care has published two sets of supplementary instructions with regard to the approval of approved clinicians or section 12 (2) doctors. The supplementary instructions are now in force... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
15 April 2020 Blog A brace of cases on Section 63 Mental Health Act Two recently reported decisions of Mrs Justice Lieven (JK v A Local Mental Health Board and A Healthcare and B NHS Trust v CC) provide a helpful analysis of the approach to take when considering treatment under Section 63 Mental Health Act (MHA), particularly when the treatment is for a physical disorder... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
14 April 2020 Blog The Dramas of Sperm Donor Records… to Disclose or not to Disclose? The rights of a personal representative to disclosure of the deceased’s health records – how far do they go?.. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 April 2020 Blog Dealing with ‘bed-blockers’ during the Coronavirus outbreak To discharge or not to discharge? Does the patient become a trespasser? University College London Hospitals NHS Trust v MB. The age old problem of discharging people who no-longer require hospital care or treatment and who refuse to take up a local authority care package is in the lime light – now more than ever... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
14 April 2020 Blog New Guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care – How to Apply the DoLS Regime in a Pandemic During the pandemic, the principles of the MCA and the safeguards provided by DoLS still apply. Over the coming months we will see changes to the existing care and treatment arrangements of a great many vulnerable patients in response to the Covid-19 outbreak... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
13 April 2020 Blog Coronavirus Act and emergency volunteering leave As the NHS and social care sector continues to manage increasing numbers of patients needing medical treatment, health and social care services are also facing mounting pressures from staff shortages due to sickness, imposed isolation and caring responsibilities... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read