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Value-based Healthcare – What’s it all about?

01 May 2024

Value based healthcare is an approach which has been spoken about for some time and is gaining momentum currently around the world as part of the response to challenges facing healthcare delivery...

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Network schedules: are you ready for the new DES contract?

25 April 2024

As with previous years, the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service (DES) specification requires PCNs to have in place bespoke network schedules signed by all members, which supplement the...

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Parental leave: had an employee ‘sought to take’ parental leave?

25 April 2024

Provided they have one year’s continuous service, an employee can take up to four weeks’ unpaid Parental Leave (PL) each year for the purpose of caring for a child under 18 for whom they are...

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Disability discrimination: could a trial period in a new role be a reasonable adjustment?

25 April 2024

The EAT has confirmed that putting a disabled employee into a new role on a trial basis may, depending on the specific circumstances, be a reasonable adjustment where they are likely to lose their...

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Supreme Court decision on recoverability of contractual losses, economic loss and the principle of remoteness

24 April 2024

The recent Supreme Court judgment in Armstead v Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Company Limited (2024) UKSC 6 has clarified important principles relating to pure economic loss, remoteness of...

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Procurement Act 2023 Update 4 - What is the role of frameworks and dynamic markets in procurement?

19 April 2024

In this update, we look at the changes to frameworks and the introduction of dynamic markets under the new Procurement Act 2023...

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Statutory implementation of medical examiners in England and Wales

18 April 2024

On 15 April 2024 the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) confirmed that new regulations governing medical examiners have been laid before parliament and a timeframe mapped out for the...

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Armageddon clauses – How do these affect your GP practice?

16 April 2024

General Medical Practitioners (GPs) who take a lease of a property normally receive NHS funding to pay the rent reserved under that lease. The GPs would usually continue to receive NHS funding...

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Building Safety Duties: Are you protected?

16 April 2024

As the regulations and industry changes under the Building Safety Act 2022 continue to come into effect, there are many issues which the construction industry needs to consider and familiarise...

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AI In healthcare - Opportunities to improve HR processes

12 April 2024

Amidst all the excitement about the potential benefits AI may bring in healthcare, one area that is often overlooked is the opportunity to improve processes in HR to bring about efficiencies...

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IBA Guidelines 2024: Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration in the wake of Halliburton -v- Chubb

11 April 2024

Since their introduction in 2004, the IBA Guidelines have become widely recognised among the international arbitration community as a solid soft law instrument reflecting standards expected to...

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Another blow for data group claims: the difficulties in proving damage

10 April 2024

In Farley -v- Equiniti [2024] EWHC 383 (KB), the court considered whether putting personal information/data “at risk” or “in danger” was sufficient to found a claim for breach of data protection...