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Article 23/11/2020
The duty of candour arose out of the inquiry into the breakdown of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, led by Robert Francis QC (the Francis Report, published in February 2013). It is a legal duty for a care organisation to be open and honest with patients and/or their families when something goes wrong that appears to have caused or could lead to significant harm in the future.
Article 23/11/2020
In its report ‘Delivering a ‘Net Zero’ National Health Service’ published on 1 October 2020, the NHS made the historic commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040 - the first national health service in the world to set such a goal – and set out its approach. This will require a major transformation: from the way the NHS provides care, to the types of medicines used and its supply chains, to how the NHS estate and supporting facilities services are managed.
Article 23/11/2020
Data protection is a crucial consideration for all healthcare organisations, given the nature and the amount of information about individuals that such an organisation will handle, not least regarding their workforce.
Article 23/11/2020
As of 4 November 2020, individuals in England who are deemed “clinically extremely vulnerable” in relation to COVID-19 are advised to stay at home at all times, unless for exercise or doctors’ appointments, for the duration of the four week lockdown.
News 10/11/2020
We are pleased to announce that we have been recognised as one of the Best Law Firms in England and Wales for professional negligence in The Times' Best Law Firms 2021.
Article 03/11/2020
We attended a variety of virtual sessions over four days of ACRM 2020, including seminars, panel debates and product exhibitions from a diverse range of institutions, clinicians and entrepreneurs.
Article 02/11/2020
A roundup of recent court decisions raising issues relating to calculation of accommodation claims, uncontroverted expert evidence, withdrawal of admissions, the effect of liquidation and restoration on limitation periods, withdrawal of Part 36 offers, striking out of claims, and fundamental dishonesty.
Article 28/10/2020
This year’s American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine annual conference was itself an example of technological improvisation, with virtual delegates attending online due to the pandemic. One of the recurring themes of its numerous seminars was the medical necessity for reinvention of traditional rehabilitation models and the involuntary shift of providers towards caretech solutions for reasons of business continuity and infection control.
Article 27/10/2020
Opioid addiction has received growing publicity in the US in recent years, with hundreds of thousands affected. Despite regulatory changes the problem remains significant, to the extent that the issue has featured in the 2020 race for the White House.
Article 26/10/2020
The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 2020 annual conference featured several limb loss or amputation-focused presentations. Many of these highlighted a new approach that is developing in the US, where the sector as a whole collaborates on accessible platforms with the aim of sharing information and resources so as to improve treatment and quality of life for amputees.
