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Accountable care – the art of the possible
The NHS continues to develop plans for population-based integrated health systems. ‘A seven step guide to accountable care’ which we co-produced with NHS Providers earlier this year addressed in brief how NHS organisations might respond to proposals for...
Farewell to ET fees, but what next?
For the last four years, an employee wanting to take a case to an employment tribunal has had to pay a fee of up to £1,200. For many lower paid employees – or where relatively little money was at stake – this fee may have been a deterrent to starting action...
Manchester Trusts complete landmark merger
The merger, which has widespread support from local and national stakeholders, will allow MFT to deliver improvements to patient care for Manchester and was unanimously approved by...
GDPR – are you ready?
Keeping confidential information about staff and patients secure is a responsibility NHS organisations have taken seriously for a long time. But the requirements on them are about to increase. From May 2018, organisations will need to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), an EU regulation.
Healthcare newsbrief: Winter 2017 edition now available
Welcome to the winter edition of Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief. Many of you will be reading this at the NHS Providers conference where many of the issues we are writing about – from moving towards digital records to the issues around moving to an accountable care organisation – will be either discussed or on the minds of delegates...
Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief: Autumn/Winter 2017 edition now available
Welcome to the Autumn/Winter 2017 edition of Hempsons Charities and Social Enterprise newsbrief
Charity Commission updates its guidance on reporting serious incidents
In the past six months the Charity Commission has launched or concluded a number of statutory inquiries where a charity has failed to report a serious incident. Then in September it updated its guidance on when and how to report a serious incident.
Spotlight: SH:24
We spoke to Dr. Gillian Holdsworth, Managing Director of SH:24 about the background of the service, its aims, and what the future holds. Dr Holdsworth is a medically qualified public health consultant who works in population health.
Choosing a brand
We all know the key role your brand plays in building awareness of your charity with its beneficiaries and in driving engagement with donors, but how do you maximise and protect its value?
Fitness to Practise: An overview of GMC processes and common issues for independent practitioners
Due, in part, to the growing use of social media and media coverage of the healthcare profession, complaints to healthcare regulatory bodies are growing. The way in which these complaints are handled is continually evolving in order to manage the growing number of complaints.
STPs and accountable care roundup w/c 16 October
Hempsons is pleased to bring you the latest in its series of news updates on STPs and accountable care.
“Sleep-ins” – a bad dream?
Sleep-ins have become a difficult and worrying problem for many social care providers in recent years. It is an issue live in current politics and one which is subject to regulatory intervention and litigation.
The changing landscape of health and social care
Next Steps on the Five Year Forward View (March 2017) sets out plans for the transition of the NHS to population-based integrated health systems. This will be achieved by the evolution of Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) into ‘accountable care’ models. So what is accountable care, what will it look like in the NHS and how will it affect smaller providers such as charities and social enterprises?
The end of DOLS?
On 13 March 2017, the Law Commission published its report on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (“DOLS”) with proposals for their replacement.