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Possible Legal and Regulatory Developments following the Bawa-Garba Case
Possible Legal and Regulatory Developments following the Bawa-Garba Case
The fit and proper persons requirement
The fit and proper persons requirement - how the requirement works in practice and how it might be extended in the future.
A summary of the Dr Bawa-Garba case – and what this may mean for trusts
A summary of the Dr Bawa-Garba case - and what this may mean for trusts
Big Data, Health Data
How to unlock the potential of health data within a compliant information governance framework.
Can a disability account for bad behaviour?
A recent Employment Tribunal decision serves as a timely reminder that where conduct issues are said to arise from an underlying mental health condition, employers should be cautious of departing from medical opinion.
Inadequate record keeping invalidates contract award
Hempsons recently acted on behalf of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trusts”) in successfully challenging Lancashire County Council (the “Council”) in relation to a procurement challenge for the provision of 0 – 19 services.
Civil Society Strategy
The Government published its Civil Society Strategy on 9th August 2018. The focus is on community, an ‘even bigger’ society, and creating ‘social value’ – something that the Government states as being independent of state control.
Rationalising leased office space – making the most of your opportunities
With advances in technology, more and more charities and social enterprises are reviewing their office space requirements and taking the opportunities this presents for reducing rent, rates and utility bills.
Trust Matters
“Trust Matters”. These are the bywords of the Charity Commission for its recent report on public trust in charities, issued in July 2018.
Sleep-ins – what next?
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake is not yet the final word on sleep-ins.…
Safeguarding revisited – how does your charity fare?
The last year has seen changes to how – and who – charities must safeguard. And more changes are afoot...……
Sleep-ins – what’s next?
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake is not yet the final word on sleep-ins.
The Independent Care Group
Social care providers can often struggle to have a unified voice with dozens of homes and domiciliary care organisations dealing with the same commissioners and facing the same challenges – but rarely speaking out in unison…
Avoiding a war on two fronts
Every provider is familiar with the necessary interaction and inspection programme of the CQC. This article focusses on that relationship when another body is added into the mix, such as a placing authority.