Charities This collection looks at the latest news and comment on charities. What is a Collection? A Collection is a selection of features, articles, comments and opinions on any given theme or topic. It allows you to stay up-to-date with what interests…
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
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 an industry publication, produced by DAC Beachcroft, 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. …
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
MedTech The MedTech Collection brings you topical news relating to medical technology in Europe, bringing together clinicians, engineers and scientists as they design and manufacture novel solutions for patients.
Mental Health By Gill Weatherill This collection looks at the latest news, comment and development on the law affecting mental health services. The law affecting mental health services is constantly changing and has been a focus for regulators and legal challenges. Maintaining…
Opening up the virtual doors of remote inquests … (or making in-person attendance in court more likely?) We are used to coroners’ inquests being open to the public in the sense that anyone can come along to an inquest hearing in the public court room and observe if they wish. However, we have just entered a new era of openness which means that members…
Inclusive Neighbourhoods By Anna Hart Anna Hart examines a report that considers how successfully housing with care and support integrate residents from minorities. Anna is a specialist in Social Care at international law firm DAC Beachcroft. The firm is a partner of the International…
The EU Proposal for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: meaningful steps toward grasping the medico-legal nettle? By Hamza Drabu On 21 April, the European Commission published its bold proposal 1 for a regulation laying down harmonised rules governing artificial intelligence. As stated in the firm’s wider article on the significance of this move, in doing so the Commission…
A roadmap to managing the elective care backlog By Corinne Slingo After the intensity of handling the first virus peak in 2020, now the UK’s health system faces a further pressure point in dealing with the backlog in elective care amidst the second major peak causing further surge capacity in secondary care.…
What does the future hold for CQC regulation? - Have your say By Corinne Slingo The window of opportunity is still open (until 4 March, when the consultation closes) to influence how the CQC will regulate health and social care providers going forward.
More ‘suicide’ and ‘unlawful killing’ inquest conclusions ahead? By Tracey Longfield How sure does a coroner/inquest jury have to be about the circumstances of a death in order to reach a conclusion of ‘suicide’ or ‘unlawful killing’?
Prevention of Future Deaths Reports - Impact of Revised Guidance? By Peter Merchant Prevention of Future Deaths Reports (PFDs) made by coroners to address concerns arising from inquests can provide powerful leverage for change, although the reality is that health and social care organisations would generally rather avoid a PFD if…
New ‘Who Pays?’ Guidance - What CCGs need to know New ‘Who Pays?’ guidance which sets out how to determine which CCG is responsible for commissioning and/or paying for a person’s care - has been published by NHS England and came into effect from 1 September 2020, replacing the previous 2013…
Maguire v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Flyde and ors [2020] EWCA CIV 738 On 10 June 2020, the Court of Appeal dismissed the Appellant’s appeal that Article 2 European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) was engaged. The Court concluded that an operational duty under Article 2 ECHR was not owed for all purposes to those…
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v MSP [2020] EWCOP 26 DAC Beachcroft was appointed to represent Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in a complex Serious Medical Treatment case; concerning whether it was in a patients best interests to continue to receive life sustaining treatment when set against…