Brexit: practical implications By Mathew Rutter Our views and guidance on the implications of Brexit for the business community.
Charities and not-for-profit Our specialist lawyers are passionate about the charity sector and many are charity trustees themselves. They have a deep understanding of the regulatory environment in which charities and other not for profit organisations operate and help clients…
Clinical negligence By Nigel Montgomery For all the latest news and comment in clinical negligence healthcare law
Clinical regulatory By Corinne Slingo For all the latest news and comment in clinical regulatory healthcare law
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…
DAC Beachcroft's Digital Healthcare Technology Report 2019 By Hamza Drabu Digital Healthcare Technology: Enabling Clinicians, Empowering Patients
Health Adviser By Nigel Montgomery Health Adviser is DACB's flagship publication for the health sector, providing insight, foresight and thought-provoking features and articles that provide practical solutions for the issues of the day, for health and social care professionals. In…
Health and Care Bill Insights By Nigel Montgomery The introduction of the Health and Care Bill 2021 to Parliament has set out the government’s vision - informed by extensive engagement with the NHS, of future arrangements for the provision of effective, safe and sustainable health services. In…
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
Requirement to Report Historic Sexual Abuse of a Child By Aisling Crowley McGrath v The Health Serve Executive [2022] IEHC 541 The High Court considered, as part of a judicial review, the proper interpretation of the mandatory recording obligation created under Section 14 (1)(a) of the Children First Act 2015 (“the 2015…
Driving innovation and growth in Life Sciences By Alison McAdams After the many challenges that the life sciences and healthcare sectors have faced in recent years, the last few weeks have seen a number of proposals and initiatives that should help create a better landscape for the future. A lot of work is still…
Use of Blockchain in Healthcare: where are we now? By Tim Ryan Blockchain is a fascinating technology that can deliver innovative solutions for a broad range of businesses and organisations across a number of industries. Simply put, blockchain is a shared ledger or database that allows digital information to be…
A relief for expert witnesses? By Nikki Green Third party costs order against an expert witness set aside on appeal:being able to criticise an expert’s opinion does not amount to a flagrant disregard of their duty A recent Court of Appeal decision will come as a relief to expert witnesses,…
NHS foundation trust wins legal case and is entitled to a VAT refund on operating theatre consumables By Alison Martin Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trust”) brought a claim for judicial review against HMRC which had refused to refund VAT paid by the Trust on operating theatre consumables (“Consumables”). The Consumables had been supplied to…
AI in Healthcare Podcast Series By Stuart Wallace We are pleased to launch a short series of two podcasts on AI in which we discuss with experts how the NHS is, today, using AI to improve its services, as well as how indemnifiers in the wider insurance market are addressing some of the challenges…
Procurement case law update: Bromcom v United Learning Trust By Katherine Calder A very interesting judgment was handed down in Bromcom Computers PLC v (1) United Learning Trust and (2) United Church Schools Trust shortly before Christmas ([2022] EWHC 3262 (TCC)). From a contracting authority’s perspective, the judgment is…
High Court delivers judgment in obstetric case relating to care provided in 1996 By Mark Ashley On 11 January 2023 Mr Justice Ritchie handed down judgment in the case of CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust . The case relates to obstetric care that the Claimant’s mother received 27 years ago.
High Court rejects argument that changes to procurement law mean automatic suspension should be maintained By Katherine Calder The High Court has rejected a novel argument mounted by an unsuccessful bidder in a prison healthcare claim that the automatic suspension should remain in place including by reason of the new reform of procurement law which will place such contract…
Court of Protection orders for section 49 reports reined in at last? By Paul McGough Section 49 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives the Court of Protection the power to order a report from a local authority or an NHS body on any matter relevant to the decision the Court is being asked to make. Commonly the Court will order an NHS…
