Introduction
On Friday 1 May, CQC published details of what it calls its Emergency Support Framework (“ESF”), setting out how it will interact with providers and managers during the pandemic...
The GDC have recently updated their protocol in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and reviewed how they hold their substantial fitness to practise hearings.
Whilst the GDC hearing venues have been...
Re–use of medicines in care homes and hospices: comments for providers on the new guidance
Healthcare
30 April 2020
The government issued guidance on running a medicines re-use scheme in a care home or hospital setting on its updating service on 28 April 2020. This is a significant development in the way...
Dental Practice – Vicarious Liability Claims – A review of three cases:
Healthcare
29 April 2020
Whetstone v Medical Protection Society Ltd [2014] EWHC 1024 QB
Barclays Bank PLC v Various Claimants UKSC [2020] – Supreme Court
Ramdhean v (1) Agedo and (2) The Forum Dental Practice Ltd...
COVID-19: GDC’s position on regulation of the dental profession during the current crisis
Healthcare
9 April 2020
On 23 March 2020 the GDC issued their COVID-19 guidance on regulating in uncertain times in an attempt to reassure dental professionals who are currently in the midst of a GDC fitness to practise...
On 23 March 2020 the GDC issued a joint statement on arrangements for dental and dental care professional students and recent graduates whilst there are restrictions in place to control the ongoing...
It is clear that Covid-19 is having and will continue to have a significant impact upon the usual working practices of all healthcare professionals.
Changes to Practice for Medical...
The £10 bottle of hand sanitiser: Is it just supply and demand?
Healthcare
27 March 2020
Chemist+Druggist published an article written by our Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer, Susan Hunneyball.
Read the full article below.
“Pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, are doing a...
Government ministers have sought to reassure the public that the UK’s pandemic planning is amongst the best in the world. Clearly it helps that there is a National Health Service which is geared...
The draft report arrives in your in-box and you have ten working days to respond. How should you manage the factual accuracy process to get the most out of it?
First, you should nominate someone to...
