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Introducing the Health and Care Bill Board…
The government’s health and care white paper “Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all” was launched last week. It paves the way for a Health and Care Bill intended to increase collaboration and co-operation across the health and social care services.
Hempsons celebrate another great year in The Legal 500
We are delighted to announce another outstanding year for Hempsons in The Legal 500. Our team has been praised for its exceptional reputation and high quality of work over the past year.
Beware of becoming a cartel
In the wake of Spire’s £1.2m fine by the Competition and Markets Authority, Michael Rourke draws attention to the competition law implications for independent practitioners.
Exemption to Competition Rules
The Government has passed emergency legislation to relax UK competition law to help the economy and the NHS to meet the challenges of the Covid-19 outbreak. This note looks at the provisions which have been passed in relation to England only.
STPs and integrated care roundup w/c 16 April
Hempsons is pleased to bring you the latest in its series of news updates on STPs and integrated care.
STPs and accountable care roundup w/c 22 January
Hempsons is pleased to bring you the latest in its series of news updates on STPs and accountable care.
STPs and accountable care roundup w/c 27 November
Hempsons is pleased to bring you the latest in its series of news updates on STPs and accountable care.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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?
Manchester Trusts complete landmark merger
On 1 October 2017 Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM) merged to form the largest NHS foundation trust in the country: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
Newsflash: Manchester merger cleared
In a landmark decision the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the merger of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS FT and University Hospital of South Manchester NHS FT.