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September 2016

Brexit – The Political Implications:  A View From Lord David Hunt

Brexit – The Political Implications: A View From Lord David Hunt

We are in a situation without precedent. Although the third-ever national referendum was technically non-binding, there is a political consensus that ...

Improving outcomes with collaboration

Improving outcomes with collaboration

In the second part of LaingBuisson's Healthcare Market News' series on Accountable Care Organisations, Hamza Drabu at explains how the new contracting ...

Slotting into place

Slotting into place

Multispecialty Community Providers (MCPs) have the potential to redefine the healthcare framework by changing the way services work together to delive ...

DJEI update – online filing of applications

DJEI update – online filing of applications

In order to work in Ireland, non-EEA nationals require work permission from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation ("DJEI") in the form of ...

FCA guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party it services - an update

FCA guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party it services - an update

The FCA has decided not to undertake a full market study on insurers' use of big data. The statement was made in the recently published Feedback State ...

After the Wachter Review: What’s next for healthcare technology in England?

After the Wachter Review: What’s next for healthcare technology in England?

The long-awaited Wachter Review was published on 7th September 2016. It provides an assessment of the digitisation of secondary care (hospitals) in th ...

Who knows best? Manufacturer not liable for defective product

Who knows best? Manufacturer not liable for defective product

The Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in Howmet Ltd v Economy Devices Ltd & Others (2016) in which it considered a manufacturer's cont ...

Conflicts of interest – navigating the new requirements

Conflicts of interest – navigating the new requirements

The statutory duty on CCGs to manage actual and potential conflicts of interest to ensure that they do not (and do not appear to) affect the integrity ...

Why are local estate strategies so difficult to implement and how can the common issues be resolved?

Why are local estate strategies so difficult to implement and how can the common issues be resolved?

CCGs have the responsibility for the co-ordination of health strategies across the NHS estate. As part of this role a CCG can specify the premises fro ...

New procurement case confirms that evaluation is a serious business!

New procurement case confirms that evaluation is a serious business!

Contracting Authorities and their evaluators are reminded once again of how important it is to ensure that the evaluation stage in a procurement proce ...