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New Act and New Thresholds - Procurement Update

New Act and New Thresholds - Procurement Update

The Procurement Act 2023 (formerly the Procurement Bill) (the "Procurement Act") received Royal Assent on the 26 October 2023. However, contracting au ...

CQC's new assessment approach - what providers need to know

CQC's new assessment approach - what providers need to know

It's been a long time in the planning, but CQC's new approach to assessing health and social care providers is about to become a reality.   Is your or ...

NHS service charges – where are we now?

NHS service charges – where are we now?

In 2022, the High Court released its decision in Valley View v NHS Property Services Ltd (NHSPS).  The hope was that the decision would lead to a reso ...

Provider Selection Regime coming into force on 1 January 2024

Provider Selection Regime coming into force on 1 January 2024

Over two years have passed since NHS England's first consultation on the proposed new rules for arranging healthcare services, but The Health Care Ser ...

Procurement case law update: Teleperformance Contact Limited v Secretary of State for the Home Department and VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd [2023] EWHC 2481 (TCC)

Procurement case law update: Teleperformance Contact Limited v Secretary of State for the Home Department and VF Worldwide Holdings Ltd [2023] EWHC 2481 (TCC)

DAC Beachcroft LLP has successfully secured judgment in favour of lifting the automatic suspension that was preventing its client, VFS Global, from en ...

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 ...