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Clinical Director – How well do you understand your role?
If you are a Clinical Director, have you considered getting some training? Hempsons has developed a Clinical Directors Masterclass.
Client spotlight: The Skill Mill extends its successful programme for youth offenders
Hempsons Partner, Crispin Pettifer, has advised The Skill Mill on an exciting project to extend the programme they deliver to more vulnerable young people.
Revised Network Contract DES – key date 31 August – Workforce
The network contract DES for 2020/21 contains various key dates of which practices, PCNs and commissioners need to be aware. Key dates for 2020 are summarised in PDF and upcoming dates are listed below.
How to get the most out of CQC inspections
CQC have helpfully published the document “How to get the most out of inspections”, showing exactly how an inspection should operate from beginning to end.
Are probationary periods working for you?
Do you use probationary periods for new employees? Are you confident you’re using them correctly and getting the most out of them? Julia Gray comments on their use and highlights common mistakes made by employers.
General practice mergers: Look before you leap!
Hempsons Senior Solicitor Kirsty Odell sets out some of the key considerations for any practice that is thinking of merging.
Liberty Protection Safeguards – start date significantly delayed
The Government made a statement on 16 July 2020 confirming, as widely expected, the implementation date for the Liberty Protection Safeguards has been put back to April 2022.
COVID-19: the impact on the dental market – update 4
Hempsons' summary and brief analysis of the latest guidance for NHS dental practices which was issued by NHS England on 13th July 2020.
Digital Newsbrief: Summer 2020
Hempsons’ Digital Newsbrief, providing an update on a range of commercial and legal issues as well as a focus on current clients of Hempsons.
Stay safe when applying the Covid-19 response PPNs
The UK Cabinet Office has published a number of Procurement Policy Notes (“PPNs”) in response to the current Covid crisis. Click to read our summary.
Joining a partnership? Get trained!
The Government has announced that it will pay for new partners joining GP practices to be trained in being a partner. Why not sign up to Hempsons’ New Partner training course?
Covid-19 – legal issues for GP practices
There is no sector that has been unaffected by Covid-19, but general practice has faced its own unique challenges. In this article, Alison Oliver examines some of the legal issues that have arisen for practices during the Covid-19 pandemic and highlights some key points for practices to consider.
10 legal issues arising from COVID-19 for private practitioners
Every sector of the economy in the UK and abroad is facing unprecedented challenges arising out of the current Covid-19 pandemic; the private healthcare sector is no exception. We have considered some of the legal issues that you may be facing in the current climate and how you might be able to respond to them.
Surrogacy costs – discussion of case law and recent Supreme Court case of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX
On 1 April 2020, the Supreme Court handed down Judgment in the case of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX. Stephen Maratos and Vicky Rowlands discuss the case.