Shared Insights

Welcome to Browne Jacobson’s Shared Insights – the ultimate platform that connects leaders and professionals from across health, care and education to discuss the sector challenges and to share learning, solutions, ideas and best practice.

Shared Insights is a monthly forum that takes place over MS Teams. Each session is an hour long and focusses on a pressing issue or sector challenge. The forum is chaired by a Browne Jacobson lawyer and features a panel of guest speakers – previously we have welcomed judges, coroners (including the Chief Coroner), senior leaders from NHS Resolution, national experts, specialist lawyers, health, care and education leaders and frontline professionals.

Shared Insights is designed for those working within NHS organisations, local authorities, independent health and social care providers, those specialising in mental health and the medical malpractice insurance sector.

Our previous sessions have covered a range of key health and social care issues, including the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), sexual safety in the workplace, improving communication with families during the inquest process, racial disparity in healthcare, compassionate leadership and culture and the challenges caused by disordered eating in education, health and social care settings. We also regularly hold a 'Coroners' Question Time' session, where attendees can pose questions to a panel of coroners from across the country.

By joining Shared Insights, you’ll be taking part in conversations that make a difference, helping you to drive change across key issues in the health, care and education landscape.

Shared Insights future events

Shared Insights past event notes

Shared Insights round up

Rising to health and care challenges and opportunities of 2025

14 January 2025

"Three of our specialist partners, Carly Caton, Charlotte Harpin and Helen Badger will share their insights into how organisations can tackle 2025’s challenges while maintaining high quality care."

Duty of Candour

4 Feb 2025

"During this session we will discuss the Department of Health and Social Care’s recently published findings of the call for evidence on the statutory duty of candour."

Coroner's Question Time

25 Feb 2025

"Join us for our regular Coroner’s Question Time. One of our most popular Shared Insights events, this session will be chaired by Nicola Evans, Partner at Browne Jacobson."

Giedrius Genčas FCILEx LLM, Head of Legal Services NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

"Attending the Shared Insights meetings organised by Browne Jacobson has proven to be incredibly beneficial for our organisation. These sessions focus on relevant issues, facilitate the sharing of best practices, and offer practical solutions, especially in discussions involving coroners and inquests."

Emma Garner, Deputy Head of Legal Services University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

"The Shared Insights Forum provides a community for sharing knowledge, experiences and learning. It is an invaluable resource for helping me to keep up to date and to navigate challenges and developments in the healthcare sector. Wherever my diary allows, I will make sure I attend these sessions, and I would encourage others to do so too."

Kathryn Fearn, Director of Legal Services Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

"The Shared Insights programme allows professionals to talk openly about key legal topics and the challenges that come along with working in an in-house legal team in the NHS. I have personally benefited a great deal and built a network of professionals who have a wealth of experience to share ideas and make improvements in our service."

Complex medical treatment decisions for patients with mental disorder

10 December 2024

"This session provides an overview of the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act, to provide delegates with an understanding of which legal frameworks are available when a patient is refusing treatment."

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CQC enforcement and prosecution in the health and care sector

12 November 2024

"In this session, we focused on CQC enforcement and prosecution in the health and care sector. The session helps providers to develop an understanding of the offences and thresholds for CQC prosecution and to understand and prepare for CQC investigations and enforcement."

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