The issue of falls risks for Social Care organisations, is a key theme arising out of recent coroner’s Inquests (May-July 2023). Coroners have recently issued Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) Reports in respect of two separate cases involving falls risks in care homes.

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The dawn of artificial intelligence is upon us. Innovation is presently 'the' buzz word, with some organisations prepared to spend millions to be the first to harness its benefits. Whilst the desire for improved process automation and cost-effective solutions is not confined to the health sector, there is arguably a greater air of desperation for it within health and social care given the increasing demand for services and increasing costs of providing them...

At the beginning of April 2023, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (also known as LPS) will now not be introduced this side of a general election, which is anticipated to be in Autumn 2024. In these videos we consider the most important questions surrounding the current Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards scheme, the main issues the LPS was designed to resolve and the implications for care providers on the LPS not going ahead..

There has been some commentary on the changes in the NHS pensions access rules which we are aware has caused a great deal of anxiety for primary care networks (PCNs)...

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its response to its supplementary consultation on the detail of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for healthcare services in England...

In April 2023, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will not now be introduced this side of a general election, which it is anticipated will be held in autumn 2024. The impact of this delay means that the LPS are up in the air altogether – it is not clear whether any incoming government would have the appetite to resurrect the reforms. Even if they do, the earliest possible implementation date would now seem to be 2026 or 2027, given the extensive work that would be needed to prepare...

As in every other sector, developments in AI in the UK healthcare sector continue at pace. Here we round up...

Welcome to our latest Newsletter of 2023, detailing everything you need to know about the latest operational and corporate legal news and updates...

For healthcare professionals, a referral to your regulator can cause a significant amount of stress and anxiety, with permanent erasure a possibility in the most serious of cases. The impact of a referral is often compounded by the protracted nature of these proceedings, with practitioners often waiting...

In recent months, menstrual and menopausal health has been increasingly discussed in parliament, in the mainstream media, and on social media. This increased visibility has already led...

We've entered into a strategic partnership with Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC), a digital health and social care agency, to support the digital transformation of the NHS. More here...