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At long last the DH publishes draft consent guidance

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 10 2009

At long last the Department of Health has issued new guidance on consent to treatment issues and revisions for consent forms following the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA

Reports into mental healthcare conclude better information sharing between agencies is needed

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 9 2009

Following a fatal stabbing of a police officer in Birmingham in May 2004, an independent report commissioned by West Midlands Strategic Health Authority has recommended that mental health services in Birmingham should review how they share information about service users with the police

New regulations for CCGs arrive

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 4 2013

On the 5 December we saw the snappily entitled National Health Service and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations

Responsibilities regulations

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 4 2013

On 5 December, we saw the snappily entitled National Health Service and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations

Duty of candour: consultation outcome

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 4 2013

As mentioned in our introduction, we have produced a briefing note on the DH's plans to introduce a contractual duty of candour. This follows the

Individual health budgets update

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 5 2009

Individual health budgets have been a "hot topic" for some time now

Clinical governance and adult safeguarding guidance published

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 9 2010

The Department of Health has published guidance which aims to ensure that NHS clinical governance systems and adult safeguarding processes are fully integrated

Disputes about care provision not a matter for court

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 7 2009

In its judgment in the recently heard case of R(S) v Hampshire County Council (2009), the High Court again confirmed that disputes about assessments and care provision are not matters for litigation

New ruling on importance of consultation with nearest relative

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 9 2010

The role of consultation with the nearest relative has been reinforced as a necessary safeguard by the court in the recent case of R (on the application of V) v South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Disputes about care provision not a matter for court

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 6 2009

In the recently decided case of R (on the application of F) v Wirral Borough Council which can be accessed here the claimants sought to judicially review a decision of the council, alleging that the council had unlawfully failed to properly assess their social care needs and failed to provide an appropriate care plan

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