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World Patient Safety Day 2023

World Patient Safety Day 2023

The WHO World Patient Safety Day 2023 is taking place on 17 September 2023.  The theme this year is Engaging Patients for Patient Safety.  The WHO rec ...

The latest on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill

The latest on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill

The second part of the public consultation on the draft secondary legislation (The Procurement Act 2023 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2024) ( ...

Updated NHS enforcement guidance - what providers and ICBs need to know

Updated NHS enforcement guidance - what providers and ICBs need to know

NHS England ('NHSE') has now published updated NHS enforcement guidance following a statutory consultation last autumn. The guidance meets two purpose ...

Next step in medical device reform – new GB post-market surveillance rules published

Next step in medical device reform – new GB post-market surveillance rules published

As part of the UK government's ongoing reform of medical device regulation in the UK, a draft statutory instrument has been published to amend the exi ...

s.117- The Final Word?

s.117- The Final Word?

Summary After a long period of uncertainty, we now have the final answer from the Supreme Court in relation to the case of  R (on the application of W ...

Changes to NHS fertility policy anticipated after discrimination claim withdrawn

Changes to NHS fertility policy anticipated after discrimination claim withdrawn

It has been reported that Whitney and Megan Bacon-Evans have formally withdrawn their case in the High Court against NHS Frimley ICB after it agreed t ...

A question of public benefit

A question of public benefit

In this article we look at the recent Supreme Court judgment in Merton LBC v Nuffield Health.  This was a case about whether Nuffield Health was entit ...

Changes to charity legislation and guidance

Changes to charity legislation and guidance

This article reviews the second set of changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022, which came into force on 14 June.  These changes relate to ...

Charities update - July 2023

Charities update - July 2023

In this edition of our newsletter we look at a number of recent developments impacting charities, including two recent cases.  The first relates to wh ...

Challenging charity registration

Challenging charity registration

In a recent case, the charity Mermaids sought to challenge the decision of the Charity Commission to register the LGB Alliance as a charity. This arti ...