Clinical regulatory By Corinne Slingo For all the latest news and comment in clinical regulatory healthcare law
Health Adviser By Nigel Montgomery This collection looks at the latest strategic, commercial, regulatory and negligence legal and advisory news and comment in health and social care. Health Adviser is an industry publication, produced by DAC Beachcroft, providing insight, foresight…
Health and social care integration By Hamza Drabu For all the latest legal and regulatory news and comment in health and social care integration
Health corporate regulatory For all the latest news and comment in corporate regulatory healthcare law
Safety, Health and Environment By Sally Roff This collection looks at our Safety, Health and Environment Team and the products and services they can provide. In the climate of increased regulatory scrutiny of Safety, Health and Environmental risks and greater penalties when things go wrong,…
Mental Healthcare Report: report summary By Gill Weatherill The mental health landscape is changing rapidly, and the potential for improvements in access, care pathways and patient autonomy comes across clearly from these valuable insights from colleagues across the sector.
Mental Healthcare Report: children and young people By Gill Weatherill The NHS Long Term Plan puts great emphasis on the need to improve access to mental healthcare for rising numbers of children and young people. Demand is rising but CAMHS staff and funds are in short supply.
Mental Healthcare Report: from hospital to the community By Gill Weatherill Years of hospital bed closures and policy changes have already seen a significant shift of patients from hospital to community settings.
Mental Healthcare Report: compulsion versus autonomy By Gill Weatherill Mental health professionals welcome the main thrust of legislative reforms to provide the ‘least restrictive’ treatment. However, they note that detention is now the rule on some wards. “On organic mental health wards, 95% of people are now…
Mental Healthcare Report 2019 By Gill Weatherill Attitudes to mental health and wellbeing are going through a major change. Alongside increased public awareness of mental health issues, there are also significant changes in the way that individuals are cared for.
Real Estate - Tip of the Week: If the Cap fits… By Nick Knapman A landlord should always be aware that the disrepair element of any dilapidations claim brought against its tenant is subject to, and limited by, s18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927, otherwise known as ‘the statutory cap’.
Reforming Regulation of Healthcare Professionals: A Step Forward? By Louise Wiltshire What does the future hold for the regulation of healthcare professionals? The government’s recent response to the consultation it ran on reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals - ‘Promoting Professionalism, Reforming Regulation’…
Alarm at 70% Increase in Recorded Workplace Deaths in Scotland By Colin Bissett Colin Bissett, partner in our Regulatory team considers a call for devolution of health and safety law-making as HSE publishes their (provisional) accident statistics for last year.
DACB’s Scotland Casualty Injury Team Secure Success For Client In The All Scotland Personal Injury Court By Eoin Quinn DAC Beachcroft Scotland’s Casualty Injury Team recently secured a successful result for their client in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court at Edinburgh after a 2 day trial.
HSE Fatal Accident Statistics 2018/19 – an increase in workplace fatalities for 2018/19 By Charlotte Miles The HSE has published its (provisional) annual figures for work related fatalities for 2018/19. The figures included are those that have been reported under RIDDOR to the HSE, Local Authorities or the Office of Rail and Road. The finalised figures…
