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Health and Social Care - Independent
No compensation for loss arising from a claimant's criminal activity: Part 2
In December 2016 we successfully defended a clinical negligence claim where the Claimant's loss arose from her own criminal conduct. The Claimant alle ...
Recent UK Court of Appeal decision on Fitness to Practise General Optical Council -v- Matthew Clarke
The UK Court of Appeal recently gave judgment in a decision that provides an interesting interpretation of the law in relation to impairment of fitnes ...
MedTech and the Brexit White Paper
"Brexit means Brexit". But what does Brexit mean for the Medical Technology ("MedTech") sector of the UK economy, a sector which is, in legal terms, c ...
PCRS: What to expect when they're inspecting
Pharmacists who provide services on behalf of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service ("PCRS") agree to a number of terms and conditions as part of the ...
Professional Regulation Update: Report of the Rapid Policy Review in the UK on Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare
A report of the Rapid Policy Review in the UK on Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare
Deaths Scrutiny: Change Edges Closer
It's been a long time coming, but the government has just published its response to the consultation it ran two years ago on significant changes to wh ...
70 years of the NHS: the rise of patient choice
The NHS has seen many changes since its inception in 1948. Here, DAC Beachcroft partners Corinne Slingo and Hamza Drabu, look back at the key moments ...
Junior Doctors: 90 years of consultant advice in 7 minutes
The NHS is valued by patients for its quality of care and is considered to be one of the leading health and care services in the world. However, occas ...
