With the Care Quality Commission now considering consultation responses in respect of its long-term regulatory approach, life goes on under their Transitional Monitoring Approach.
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We set out and consider each legal proposal in the section on working together and supporting integration and innovation. The Government has put forward an additional series of targeted proposals to improve social care, public health, and quality and safety.
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We will cover The MHA white paper, The Mental Health (Hospital, Guardianship and Treatment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHSC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin).
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This shared insight is on indemnity issues stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic and looks the issues that Trust legal teams have faced over the last 12 months during the pandemic.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an investigation into the children’s social care market in England, Scotland and Wales to determine whether any matters in relation to the supply of those services has or may have effects adverse to the interests of children in care.
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This article looks at the proposal to establish a new independent body, the Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) to investigate incidents which have or may have implications for patient safety.
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Comparative to how the business might approach other targets such an analysis might throw up, the route to contracting with the NHS is quite unique.
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It is two years since Professor Sir Simon Wessely delivered his landmark Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. The government has now published the Mental Health Act white paper, setting out their plans to reform the act in response to Sir Wessely’s report.
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This shared insight looks at the NHS Early Notification team and helping Trusts with cases where babies have died following birth or where mothers have sustained severe injuries during childbirth, speaking of the consequences of these claims and the current focus on safety in maternity services.
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In this update we set out and consider enhancing public confidence and accountability.
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