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Welcome to Hempsons’ COVID-19 Portal. Here you will find a summary of the legal changes implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Contents
- Healthcare and medical law
a. Regulations
b. Coronavirus Act 2020
c. GMC Guidance
d. GOC Guidance
e. Guidance for GPs
f. Guidance for Dentists
g. Other Guidance - Commercial
a. Procurement and Commissioning
b. Contractual Issues
c. Employment
d. Information Governance
e. Real Estate
f. Business Closures and Personal Freedoms - Social care
- Charities and Social Enterprise
Healthcare and medical law
Regulations
- The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
- Revoked on 25 March 2020 by Schedule 21 of the Coronavirus Act 2020
- Regulation of Notifiable Diseases
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
Coronavirus Act 2020
Royal Assent for the Coronavirus Act 2020 was received late 25 March 2020.
- Section 51/Schedule 21 – Powers relating to potentially infectious persons
- Coronavirus Indemnity – advice updated 6 April 2020
- Emergency Volunteers – advice updated 22 May 2020
- Emergency Registration of Nurses and Midwives – advice updated 22 May 2020
- Emergency Registration of Health and Care Professionals – advice updated 30 March 2020
- Temporary Registration of Social Workers – advice updated 22 May 2020
- Managing the Deceased – advice updated 27 March 2020
- Registration of Deaths and Still Births – advice updated 31 March 2020
- Coronavirus and the Mental Capacity Act – advice updated 31 March 2020
- Coronavirus and Continuing Healthcare – advice updated 31 March 2020
- Employment Law & COVID-19: Statutory Sick Pay – advice updated 25 March 2020
- Employment Law & COVID-19: Pensions – advice updated 30 March 2020
GMC Guidance
- General Medical Council guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic
- GMC Re-registration
- PPE Guidance: GMC and BMA Position – advice updated 22 May 2020
GOC Guidance
Guidance for GPs
- The impact of Covid-19 on general practices: frequently asked questions
- Are GPs eligible for the new job retention scheme?
- Updates to Furlough Guidance – published 17 April
- COVID-19 and Annual Leave
- COVID-19 employment law implications for your practice
- Summary of NHS England and Improvement Letters to GP Practices
Guidance for Dentists
- NHS Guidance for Primary Dental Care – advice updated 22 May 2020
- The impact on the dental market
- The impact on the dental market – update 2
- The impact on the dental market – update 3
- The impact on the dental market – update 4
- Dental regulation in the shadow of COVID-19
Other Guidance
- COVID-19 Hospital Discharge Requirements
- NICE Guidelines on Critical Care Referrals
- Newsflash: Coronavirus and Critical Care
- HMCTS Telephone and Video Hearings during the COVID-19 Outbreak
- NHS Complaints during the pandemic
- COVID-19 and Subject Access Requests
- Ethical dimensions of COVID-19 for front-line staff
- Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) Guidance
- Hospital Resources Amid Covid-19: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MB
- DNACPR Orders and COVID-19
- Insurance scheme to provide cover for NHS staff who die from coronavirus
- Organ donation update – advice updated 4 June 2020
- COVID-19: Key legal considerations arising from the pandemic, in conjunction with NHS Providers, October 2020
Commercial
Procurement and Commissioning
- Temporary Framework for State aid, measures to support the economy
- The Government issues the first Procurement Policy Note of 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 on procurement
- The Government has issued its second Procurement Policy Note (PPN) on the impact of COVID-19 on procurement
- Stay safe when applying the Covid-19 response PPNs – published 3 July 2020
- NHS England empowered to Commission Covid-19 Services
Contractual Issues
Employment
- Coronavirus Advice for Employers – PPE
- Employee Retention Scheme (Furlough Leave) – advice updated 27 March 2020
- Furlough Guidance – advice updated 7 April 2020
- Can charities access the Job Retention Scheme?
- Furlough Guidance – advice updated 9 April 2020
- Fulough Guidance – updated for Charities & Social Enterprises – 16 April 2020
- COVID19, the employer and the self isolating member of staff
Information Governance
Real Estate
- Commercial Tenants – Protection from Eviction
- The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Coronavirus) (England) (Amendment) Order 2020
Business Closures and Personal Freedoms
Social care
- Coronavirus and Social Care
- CQC Registrations
- Employee Retention Scheme (Furlough Leave)
- COVID-19 Future Care Planning
- Coronavirus and PPE: Managing employment issues
- Visiting arrangements in Care Homes, Dec 2020
Charities and Social Enterprise
- Charity Commission guidance for Charities regarding COVID-19
- Can a charity assist with efforts connected with COVID-19?
- Do the government’s announcements in relation to companies apply to charities and social enterprises?
- Can charities access the Job Retention Scheme?
- The impact of COVID-19 on Charities & Social Enterprises, some FAQs answered
- Furlough Guidance – updated for Charities & Social Enterprises 16 April
- Frustration of Contract and Force Majeure Clauses in a Pandemic
- Commercial Tenants – Protection from Eviction
- The Government’s Second Procurement Policy Note (PPN) on the impact of COVID-19
- Can a charity work with a company or business to help with coronavirus?