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Permission granted for Healthier Together judicial review
Following our earlier blog post on the decision of medics at Wythenshawe Hospital to challenge the decision by Healthier Together not to appoint it as a specialist site for emergency general surgery,
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CQC publishes State of Care report
On 15 October CQC published its latest annual report, the State of Care, setting out its findings on the performance of the services it regulates. In a year of substantial regulatory change, the
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Bootham Park Hospital closure – the regulatory background
CQC has ordered a mental health facility, offering both inpatient and outpatient services, to close immediately. At the same time its services, commissioned by a local CCG, were transferred between
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Healthier Together hospitals decision may be subject to judicial review
Medics at Wythenshawe Hospital may seek permission for judicial review of a decision on surgery specialist sites in Manchester.Healthier Together is a wide-ranging consultation on health and social
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Holyrood to consider opt-out organ donation
As Wales prepares to implement its own 'soft opt-out' system for organ donation, a Bill proposing a similar system in Scotland has been published.We have previously written about the Human
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Queen's Speech Roundup
Last week's Queen's Speech formally introduced a range of new public and regulatory legislation which had been hinted at during the election, and also made it clear that some much anticipated
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Evidential presumptions in interim order cases
Manuel Nunez Martinez v General Dental Council [2015] EWHC 1223 (Admin), Warby JIn this case, the High Court considered the extent to which an Interim Orders Committee ("IOC") can consider whether
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Duty of candour: guidance released
As the duty of candour came into force for private providers on 1 April, CQC has released updated guidance.We have previously blogged about the new statutory duty of candour coming into force for both
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Healthcare Legislation Update
Now that Parliament has been dissolved, we review the outcomes of two health care Private Members' Bills that were considered by this Parliament. The Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill
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CQC guidance on surveillance of care
CQC has recently released guidance for loved ones of care users who are considering either open or covert surveillance of care, as a result of an increasing numbers of people choosing to use such