Loosening the ties that bind: new NHS procurement regime proposed By , Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Stephen Hocking, Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher On 12 th February we summarised for you the top 10 takeaways from the Government’s proposals for…
Decisions, Decisions - Contract Award Suspended? By Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis, In its recent judgment in the case of A quila Heywood Ltd v Local Pensions Partnership…
A short guide to the key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector By Corinne Slingo, Gill Weatherill, Udara Ranasinghe, Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson In light of the national COVID19 emergency, our health sector clients are under enormous pressure,…
Transforming public procurement – so long red tape, hello golden thread? By Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis, Victoria Fletcher On 15 December 2020, the Government published the eagerly anticipated Green Paper in relation to…
Damages: Accommodation for accommodation costs By , James Hazlett, Catrin Davies In a Judgment which will have consequences for lawyers and their insurers, the Court of Appeal…
Procurement policy note PPN 08/20 and the Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI 1319 By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher Following the publication of the Public Procurement (Amendment etc…
“Quality not quantity”; Procurement Briefing on publication of PPN 06/20 on Social Value By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has recently published its new Procurement Policy Note ' PPN…
Don’t get caught cold by the Limitation Freeze By , When the UK Government introduced the first nationwide lockdown in March 2020 in response to the…
As you were, for under-settled NIHL claims following Supreme Court ruling in Edwards By , Helen Staines Professional negligence claims against solicitors for under settling Noise Induced Hearing Loss…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: NHS Standard Contract developments By Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson Following the letter from Sir Simon Stevens and Amanda Pritchard dated 17 March 2020 setting out…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: streamlined governance to respond to an emergency By Alistair Robertson, As the NHS moves into the next phase of Covid-19 recovery, governance arrangements and system…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Increasing capacity and patient flow – Hospital Discharge Guidance By Corinne Slingo, Alistair Robertson On 19 March 2020, the Department of Health issued emergency guidance for hospital discharge (“…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Patient engagement, equalities and target duties By Alistair Robertson Do NHS organisations still need to comply with duties around patient engagement, equalities, and…
COVID-19: The impact on procurement over the next coming months By Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher, Tim Dennis At the height of the COVID 19 Pandemic, a Procurement Policy Note was published by Crown Commercial…
COVID-19: Briefing Bulletin - Health By Nick Chronias, Corinne Slingo, Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson DAC Beachcroft is receiving an increasing number of client requests on Covid-19 issues…
Charities Providing Care Report: Leadership, Safety and Governance By Alistair Robertson As charities provide more health and social care services, their leadership and governance will…
Charities Providing Care Report: The Regulators By Alistair Robertson Charities must be able to demonstrate to regulators that they have strong systems in place to…
Charities Providing Care Report: Getting Leadership Right By Alistair Robertson Good leadership starts at the top and nurtures strong leaders at every level of an organisation.
Charities Providing Care Report: Report Summary By Alistair Robertson This report has shared a range of insights and ideas on strengthening leadership, safeguarding and…
Charities Providing Care Report By Alistair Robertson The role that charities play in supporting the physical and mental health needs of individuals is…
New Financial Thresholds for Procurement Published By Victoria Fletcher, Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis New procurement thresholds that come into effect on 1 January 2020 have been published by the…
NHS Charities: An Untapped Resource By Alistair Robertson New initiatives are aiming to highlight the potential contributions to patient care that NHS…
Split Sites: Divide and Conquer? By Anne Crofts, Alistair Robertson In 2016, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was, according to Chief Executive Officer…
Whole Population Annual Payments: What does this mean for commissioners? By Darryn Hale, Alistair Robertson The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the payment mechanism – the “Whole Population…
Charity Commission makes use of new regulatory powers By Alistair Robertson, Stephen Hocking, As charities will be aware, the Charity Commission makes use of new regulatory powersmade numerous…
The NHS Long Term Plan - our view on the proposed legislative changes By Nigel Montgomery, Hamza Drabu, Alistair Robertson, Anne Crofts The long awaited NHS Long Term Plan has been published…
Court of Appeal confirms lawfulness of Whole Population Annual Payments By Alistair Robertson The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to the payment mechanism – the “Whole Population…
Regulating NHS provider-owned companies – NHS Improvement issues updated guidance By Hamza Drabu, Anne Crofts, Alistair Robertson, Louise Watson-Jones, NHSI has now issued guidance (the “ Guidance ”) which is effective from 26 November 2018 …
Procurement Alert: Court refuses to lift automatic suspension where other health services could be affected By Alistair Robertson, Tim Dennis Recently, the Court refused to lift an automatic suspension in a procurement challenge brought by…
A Guide to the Integrated Support and Assurance Process By Hamza Drabu, Charlotte Burnett, Alistair Robertson The development of new models of care requires traditional boundaries between health services to be…
Purdah begins - what you need to know By Alistair Robertson, Stephen Hocking What is purdah? 'Purdah' (formally known as the 'election period') is the period leading up to an…
Consultation and involvement By Alistair Robertson, Sophie Devlin Consultations on changes to health and social care are often approached with great trepidation…
A guide to data protection in healthcare By Alistair Robertson DAC Beachcroft Associate Alistair Robertson considers the information governance issues when…
New procurement case confirms that evaluation is a serious business! By Tim Dennis, Alistair Robertson, Victoria Fletcher Contracting Authorities and their evaluators are reminded once again of how important it is to…
Devolution: The jigsaw of functions By Alistair Robertson The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act is now in force (although, as ever, there are timing…
Automatic suspension of contracts: Six things the court suggests defendant authorities can learn from BMLL v Bristol City Council By Alistair Robertson BMLL is the incumbent provider of a domestic violence and abuse support service in Bristol,…
DAC Beachcroft Public Law Alert - Consultation: A retreat from Moseley? By Alistair Robertson You may recall our alert from October last year, about R (Moseley) v Haringey LBC [2014] UKSC 56…