Prevention of Future Deaths Reports in inquests - what are the recurring themes for health and social care? By Gill Weatherill, Tracey Longfield, Louise Wiltshire, Gemma Brannigan The purpose of Prevention of Future Deaths Reports (PFDs) issued by coroners is to bring about…
Prevention of Future Deaths Reports – a look at themes By Peter Merchant, Louise Wiltshire, Tracey Longfield, Gill Weatherill The steady flow of Prevention of Future Deaths Reports (PFDs) issued by coroners to health and…
CQC prosecutions: latest on how the Courts decide level of fine By Anna Hart, Tracey Longfield, Corinne Slingo, Robyn Reed With the number of CQC prosecutions against health and social care providers on the rise and the…
Trustees in the frame over death at charity-run home - what can other charities learn? By Corinne Slingo, Alistair Robertson, Tracey Longfield, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission has recently published its findings regarding a charity which provides care…
Health and Care Bill 2021: Statutory patient safety investigations at last? By Tracey Longfield, Corinne Slingo, Gill Weatherill Plans to create a statutory footing for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (‘HSIB’) have…
More ‘suicide’ and ‘unlawful killing’ inquest conclusions ahead? By Tracey Longfield, Colin Moore, How sure does a coroner/inquest jury have to be about the circumstances of a death in order to…
Key COVID-19 legal developments in the health sector: Critical Care – Clinical Decision making and Ethics By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield BMA Guidance has sought to provide assistance and clarity for the challenging decisions for…
Statutory patient safety investigations now just around the corner? By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield Plans for a new statutory patient safety investigations system took another step forward this week…
CQC - More flexing of muscles ahead? By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield What does the CQC’s recently published annual report tell us about the direction of travel for…
Gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare: What’s the latest? By Tracey Longfield, Louise Wiltshire, Christian Carr We look at the ‘Independent Review of Gross Negligence Manslaughter and Culpable Homicide’ …
CQC’s revamped factual accuracy check guidance: What’s new? By Tracey Longfield, Gill Weatherill, Corinne Slingo, Anna Hart The 10 day period for commenting on the factual accuracy of draft Care Quality Commission (CQC)…
Learning from deaths: Does the CQC think you are doing enough? By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield How have NHS Trusts been doing with improving learning from patient deaths? The CQC sheds some…
Allowing the dust to settle: Criminal and Professional Disciplinary implications of the Dr Bawa-Garba case - Part II – Update Note By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield, Christian Carr 1…
Allowing the dust to settle: Criminal and Professional Disciplinary implications of the Dr Bawa-Garba case By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield, Christian Carr 1…
Paying the price? Latest on approach to calculating fines in health and social care safety prosecutions By Tracey Longfield, Anna Hart Summary An NHS Trust has recently been fined £333,333 in an HSE prosecution relating to inpatient…
To disclose or not to disclose? - Preserving privilege in criminal regulatory cases By Tracey Longfield, Anna Hart Summary To what extent can legal privilege be relied on to resist disclosure of documents created…
CQC Prosecutions - Gaining Momentum? By Tracey Longfield, Corinne Slingo Since April 2015 the CQC has had a power to bring criminal prosecutions against health and social…
Sentencing update: £300,000 fine imposed for first corporate manslaughter conviction involving a care home By Tracey Longfield Care home company, Sherwood Rise Ltd has been fined £300,000 following its conviction for corporate…
Duty of Candour detail released: General transparency duty added - March 2014 By Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield, Belinda Dix We consider below yesterday’s launch of a consultation on the new statutory duty of candour,…