Commercial health By Anne Crofts This collection looks at the latest news and comment on commercial contracting healthcare law. With the health and social care sector under pressure to generate efficiencies, individual organisations must look at how they commission and deliver…
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Health and social care integration By Hamza Drabu For all the latest legal and regulatory news and comment in health and social care integration
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The Procurement Bill - some key commercial and contract management implications to be considered By Katherine Calder On 11 May 2022 the Government introduced the Procurement Bill (the “Bill”) into the House of Lords. The Bill follows on from December 2020’s Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement and the response to the consultation on the Green Paper,…
The press and employment tribunal proceedings: Client names and commercially sensitive information in tribunal documents may have to be open to scrutiny so that the principle of open justice is served By Ceri Fuller The EAT has held that an employment tribunal did not properly consider the principle of open justice in ordering the anonymization of client names and redaction of commercially sensitive information.
Dealing with a vexatious litigant – a time to show restraint By Vanessa Taylor-Byrne A vexatious litigant who refuses to accept defeat may place both a financial and emotional burden on the person they are litigating against. In this article, we look at how to protect litigants from vexatious proceedings against them and, at the…
CMA investigates highly anticipated hospital acquisition By Louise Watson-Jones The UK’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (‘ CMA ’), is currently investigating the anticipated acquisition by Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (‘ AUHFT ’) of The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University…
Canada Update - Medical Marijuana to be permitted in UK By Jonathan Deverill Following the recent high-profile case of Billy Caldwell, the British Home Secretary announced recently that medical cannabis is to be made available to UK patients on prescription.
Outsourcing in the NHS in the wake of Carillion By Anne Crofts Taking a look at the lessons that can be learned by the NHS in the wake of Carillion's collapse.
GDPR: What does it mean for commissioners? By Hamza Drabu The date of 25 May 2018 looms large on the horizon for all those who process personal data, when the brave new world under the General Data Protection Regulation begins. Understandably, the new regime is something which particularly concerns…
Estates outsourcing or insourcing in the NHS? When a contractor goes into liquidation, a replacement contractor will need to be procured by the relevant NHS organisation, however, in doing so there will be legal issues which need to be considered in order for the NHS organisation to comply with…
Next steps for Carillion's clients By Anne Crofts Many NHS organisations have services provided by Carillion and will be concerned as to the next steps. The government has given assurances around the continuity of public sector contracts and in the case of NHS organisations who have contracts with…
A Guide to the Integrated Support and Assurance Process By Hamza Drabu The development of new models of care requires traditional boundaries between health services to be removed in favour of a more integrated provider landscape. With no new legislative framework to bridge those boundaries, the contractual arrangements…
