healthcare update - issue eight
Welcome to the eighth edition of our healthcare update, the
easy and convenient way for professionals working across the
healthcare sector to stay up to date with legal developments. We
hope you will find the articles in this issue of interest.
Should you require any further information on any of the issues
or events in this edition, please feel free to contact us. We would
also be very pleased to hear from you with any views you have in
relation to the update generally.
Articles in this issue
Holiday pay and sickness absence - are the rules any
clearer?
Iain Patterson looks at the uncertainty for employers and
employees in the area of overlapping periods of sickness and annual
leave.
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‘Health tourism’ – the next step
Neil Ward examines the draft amendments to the NHS Act 2006,
giving patients the opportunity to recover the costs of private
treatment abroad if there is undue delay waiting for their
treatment here under the NHS.
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full article here
Getting your (green) house in order
In the first of a series of articles on the Carbon Reduction
Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, Thomas Howard looks at the
steps that NHS trusts and their estates managers should now be
taking.
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full article here
Home comfort?
Ceri-Sian Williams examines the Personal Care at Home Bill and
considers whether it will achieve its aim of a national care
service.
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full article here
Brace yourself - here comes a new age of procurement-related
courtroom drama
We are anticipating the first test case under the new Remedies
Directive and so Chris Brennan sets out some simple steps to ensure
an NHS body is not ‘first in line’ for a court action!
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full article here
Private patient cap – all change or is it?
Melanie Print examines the High Court ruling against Monitor in
its application of the cap. How far this has an impact on those
foundations trusts who may now breach the cap remains to be
seen.
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full article here
Mental health update
Mark Barnett discusses two recent court judgments - one
relating to the court’s interim powers under the Mental Capacity
Act, and the other a decision under S139 Mental Health Act.
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full article here
Fatal accidents – do you have a plan if the worst happens?
Andy Hopkin and Elaine Heaney consider the potential impact on
staff wellbeing and business operations and ask do you have a plan
if the worst happens?
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full article here
Mergers and takeovers of NHS trusts – an investigation into the
property perspective
Paul Olliff looks at the background to the recent request to the
NHS Cooperation and Competition panel for an enquiry made jointly
by the Department of Health and Monitor.
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full article here
Points of view
Ben Troke considers four current Department of Health
Consultations offering the chance to have a say on major reforms in
the relationship between the NHS (and social care providers) and
the public.
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full article here
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interest and information. It contains only brief summaries of
aspects of the subject matter and does not provide comprehensive
statements of the law. It does not constitute legal advice and does
not provide a substitute for it.