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Newsflash: NHS England publishes PCN Development Support Prospectus
NHS England has published a Primary Care Network (PCN) Development Support Prospectus. Aimed at Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) and Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), the Prospectus is in two parts. Read more here..
Newsflash: European Court of Justice rule on data controller status
The European Court of Justice has produced a judgment which demonstrates the fluid nature of data controller status and that it is rarely a matter of simply binary choice. Chris Alderson provides a summary.
How powerful is the owner of a company?
Justin Cumberlege concludes his series on having an incorporated practice by looking at the members’ powers.
Who is in charge if a GP practice is a company?
In his previous articles, Justin Cumberlege explained why forming a company could be a good idea for growing GP practices. This article looks at the role of the director.
Why do we have companies when we can have partnerships?
One of the issues legal expert Justin Cumberlege often has to explain to practice managers is the difference of running a practice as a company, rather than a partnership. Here he takes an in-depth look at the subject and why the change can be of benefit to GPs.
Are you conflicted?
Some GPs and practice managers have taken on one or more different roles in organisations outside the practice, such as being on the Board of a clinical commissioning group, or federation, and now there is the primary care network (PCN).
The attitude towards Litigants in Person: An end to latitude?
Niloo Bozorgi explores the additional challenges of defending a claim when the patient is not legally represented and hopes that the courts may be becoming a little less lenient towards such litigants.
Newsflash: PCN agreements – is yours up to scratch?
Now is the ideal time to review your agreement to ensure that it includes the provisions necessary for proper governance.
Government Sets PI Discount Rate at -0.25%
After months of anticipation, following a review by the Lord Chancellor earlier this year, the Government has confirmed that the discount rate applicable to personal injury lump sum compensation payments is to be revised to -0.25%.
Hempsons’ Social Care Newsbrief Summer 2019
Welcome to the Summer 2019 edition of Hempsons’ Social Care Newsbrief.
Will NHS England’s plan to ‘de-risk’ GP premises leases work?
Bryn Morgan assesses NHS England's plan for other NHS bodies to take on the liabilities for GP practice leases.
Here’s how to get your Primary Care Network off to a healthy start
Progress towards the deadline for Primary Care Networks in England (PCNs) to finalise their mandatory network agreement has not been as smooth as might have been hoped.
Part 36 offers – what happens when they have been withdrawn?
BritNed Development Limited v ABB AB and ABB Limited [2018] EWHC 3142 (Ch) In this case Mr Justice Marcus Smith’s Judgment on costs offers sets out guidance on how Courts can give weight to Part 36 offers which were made but subsequently withdrawn during the main action.
Foreseeability and causation in clinical negligence cases
This article summarises the law on foreseeability and causation in clinical negligence cases. It focuses on what a claimant needs to prove and the development of the law in these areas.