1 July 2020 Blog Pressure mounts on Government to implement ethnicity pay reporting Pressure is growing on the UK Government to take more effective action to address racial inequality. There have been a number of reports and enquiries on this subject in recent years, but in most cases little progress on implementation... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 June 2020 Blog Another iteration of the Caldicott Principles coming down the track. Could this help with future local lockdowns? The launch of this consultation is timely. Leicester is set to see an extended lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. But could this have been better managed? Reports in the FT suggest that a delay in sharing Covid-19 test data delayed the city’s response... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
30 June 2020 Blog Ordinary Residence determinations: most unlikely candidate for stirring you from lockdown torpor? In a clutch of recent Ordinary Residence Determinations, the Secretary of State has managed to put the cat well and truly amongst the pigeons by resiling from the Government’s own statutory guidance on the issue of which local authority is responsible for commissioning section 117 aftercare services... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
30 June 2020 Blog NHS Trust commended for pre-emptive application to the Court of Protection The recent case of Re KL (2020) concerned a young lady known as K who required treatment for cervical cancer... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
29 June 2020 Blog Are food factories & processing plants the new Coronavirus hot-spots? A number of outbreaks in factories, particularly abattoirs, has put the spotlight once more on food companies, but this time their factories and processing plants... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
29 June 2020 Blog Virtual online healthcare consultations: what’s good practice Stuart Knowles shares a few pointers for health and care organisations to consider when operating remote video consultations between clinician and patient... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
29 June 2020 Blog Update: consultation on Mental Health Tribunal reforms Changes to the way the First-tier Tribunal lists hearings in relation to applications by patients detained under section 2 Mental Health Act... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
29 June 2020 Blog Final details of flexible furloughing Scheme now in place The legal framework has now been published for the new, more flexible version of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which launches on 1 July. This is in the form of a third Treasury Direction, published on 26 June... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
28 June 2020 Blog Regeneron v Kymab in the Supreme Court - the impact on life sciences companies The dispute involved patent claims covering transgenic mice that were able to produce humanised antibodies. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
22 June 2020 Blog Grocery Code Adjudicator Newsletter & Annual Survey 2020 The latest newsletter from the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) has been published featuring the GCA's response to Covid-19 and the 2020 survey results... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
22 June 2020 Blog Workplace testing for coronavirus: don't skip your data protection With the lockdown being relaxed and employees starting to return to work, there will be concerns both for employers and employees, about the risk of coronavirus contagion within the workplace... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
22 June 2020 Blog CQC's 'back to routine inspections' plan Regulating during COVID. CQC's second insight report. The health and care regulator is to kick-start its routine inspections across England in the autumn with inspectors now scheduling inspections of higher risk services to take place over the summer... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read