Usually, the largest and most expensive asset (in terms of upfront cost) that will be acquired when purchasing a new care home, is the property out of which the home is operating. It is important...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a review of partnership arrangements made under section 75 of the NHS Act 2006 in line with its policy commitment to facilitate greater...

As we mark Professional Care Workers’ Week 2023, it is an opportune time to celebrate care workers who are the backbone of our social care system and to review the rights which protect them...

On Saturday 2 September 2023, the much-anticipated government consultation into a new licencing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures was launched and can be found...

New guidance was issued in May 2022 by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to replace earlier guidance jointly published with the Home Office and the Department for Health in 2002 following the...

Self-harm is a serious concern in prison environments, where prisoners may resort to self-destructive behaviours as a way to cope with the challenges and stresses of a prison environment. Managing...

Hello and welcome to our September edition of our Inquests Newsletter. As always, we bring you a round-up of recent case-law and also themes from recent inquests touching upon the full array of health

On 2 August 2023 NHS England published a Fit and Proper Person Test (FPPT) Framework for NHS organisation board members in response to recommendations made in the Kark Review in 2019 by Tom Kark KC. The Framework will be effective from 30 September 2023. The Framework confirms that NHS organisations are not expected to collect historic information to populate ESR or local records, but to use the Framework for all new board level appointments or promotions and for annual assessments going forward...

The dust has now settled since the government’s announcement in April 2023, that the Liberty Protection Safeguards will not now be introduced this side of a general election, which it is anticipated will be held in autumn 2024...

Here is the round-up of the key Court of Protection cases from the first half of this year (January to June 2023), in which we believe our readers will be most interested. Please follow the link within the case summary to access the full judgment. Contact our team to discuss any particular case in more detail...

The EAT has held that an employee’s dismissal was unfair because the employer had: (a) failed to make it clear to its staff, via a policy or training, that a single incident of relevant conduct could lead to dismissal for gross misconduct; and (b) withheld evidence from the employee during the disciplinary proceedings that was available to, and relied on by, the dismissing manager...

The requirement for a public body created by statute (including NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) to use a common seal to execute documents originates in the common law. For those who are not familiar