8 August 2021 Blog Cladding and fire safety: recent developments In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tragedy, the government introduced a raft of proposals and measures to address both the issue of cladding as well as other fire safety issues... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
8 August 2021 Blog Integrated Care Boards are the spiritual and functional successors of CCGs Rob Day discusses the successors of Clinical Commissioning Groups and the CCG’s role in forming the new Integrated Care Boards in the second of a series of articles on the new Health and Care Bill... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
8 August 2021 Blog Integrated Care Systems and the Life Sciences Vision Life sciences teams will be keen to engage with the NHS and its Integrated Care Systems as the recently published Life Sciences Vision explains that the Health and Care Bill creates specific duties for ICSs in England to promote and support research... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 August 2021 Blog Mandatory vaccinations in care homes: implementation support outlined Essential reading for care home operators preparing for mandatory vaccinations rules. The DHSC published on 4 August 2021 its operational guidance to support the implementation of the new regulations making vaccinations mandatory in CQC registered care homes in England... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
5 August 2021 Blog Four unanswered questions about vaccination and care homes Operational guidance for the vaccination of people working or deployed in care homes was published on 4 August... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
4 August 2021 Blog Building resilience in the health and medical business arena We live and work in a world which is facing more change than perhaps ever faced before, leading to the proliferation of phrases such as the new normal; flexibility; adaptability and agility... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
3 August 2021 Blog Charity Commission signals beginning of end of pandemic approach to meetings The Charity Commission yesterday updated its coronavirus guidance to signal what seems to be the beginning of the end to the benevolent approach it has taken to charities needing to postpone or cancel meetings, or hold them remotely, during the pandemic.... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
3 August 2021 Blog Government accepts regulator’s recommendations on restraint, seclusion and segregation The Department of Health and Social Care has published its response to the CQC’s Out of sight – who cares? report which reviewed the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services for autistic people and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
2 August 2021 Blog Charities to face new legal duty to prevent harassment in the workplace Following the Government’s recent response to the 2019 consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace, charities with employees should be aware of an upcoming new legal duty to prevent harassment... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
2 August 2021 Blog "Vaccine passports" and students The possibility of new Government policy introducing so–called “vaccine passports” requirements across the HE/student relationship has been reported through a variety of media sources this week, prompting strong views both for and against. Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 August 2021 Blog Education Institutions and the National Security and Investment Act 2021 The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the “Act”) is the UK’s most recent piece of legislation to protect sensitive sectors of the UK economy which are relevant to UK national security. Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
1 August 2021 Blog Don’t delay following your duty of candour duties says health regulator The Care Quality Commission has fined Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust £2,500 for failing to comply with the duty of candour regulations... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read