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2 / Jul / 2020

Decision making, mental capacity and undue influence: Do hard cases make bad – or least fuzzy edged – law?[1]

Posted by David Lock QC

17 / Jun / 2020

Guidance on approach to be taken in “rolling judicial review” claims and provision of interim support under the Care Act 2014

Posted by David Lock QC

11 / Jun / 2020

Consent to engage in sex: A Local Authority v JB is a sensible, perceptive and informed way forward on these difficult issues from the Court of Appeal

Posted by David Lock QC

9 / Jun / 2020

What is the right approach to a dispute resolution procedure between CCGs and local authorities over eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare?

Posted by David Lock QC

2 / Jun / 2020

Does a CCG placement in supported living run a coach and horses through the NHS placing rules?

Posted by David Lock QC

18 / Dec / 2018

Supreme Court gives strong hint that it may convene larger panel to reconsider Cheshire West tests for deprivation of liberty

Posted by David Lock QC

15 / Oct / 2018

NHS Continuing Healthcare: The primacy of the experts appointed to the Multi Disciplinary Team and the limited role for the CCG panel

Posted by David Lock QC

31 / Aug / 2018

Claimants denied costs in Judicial Review proceedings for failing to use the NHS Complaints Procedures

Posted by David Lock QC

16 / Aug / 2018

Court of Appeal grant permission in challenge to NHS ACO contract

Posted by Leon Glenister

24 / Jul / 2018

HPV vaccine set to be extended to boys, after pressure on equality grounds

Posted by Hannah Gibbs

19 / Jun / 2018

Appeal launched in challenge to NHS Accountable Care Organisation Contract

Posted by Leon Glenister

14 / Jun / 2018

Tory MPs publish a Private Members Bill to permit NHS co-funding

Posted by David Lock QC

25 / May / 2018

Richard Jackman v Wiltshire CCG: Using the Equality Act 2010 to secure effective treatment for learning disabled adults

Posted by David Lock QC

29 / Mar / 2018

Judge confirms that a CCG has no legal power to fund a continuing care patient for whom it had no statutory responsibility

Posted by David Lock QC

1 / Mar / 2018

Automatic suspension of healthcare contracts: the Lancashire Care case

Posted by James Neill

24 / Jan / 2018

Funding of NHS Continuing Healthcare

Posted by Robert Walton

24 / Jan / 2018

High Court Rules on New Bed Closure Test and Split Consultation

Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC

8 / Dec / 2017

Administrative Court reserves judgment in Horton Hospital judicial review

Posted by Landmark Chambers

6 / Nov / 2017

Medical reviews of former police officers on injury pensions: Is there any duty to provide medical records?

Posted by David Lock QC

1 / Nov / 2017

The crisis in mental health services – does the fault lie with the NHS contracting system?

Posted by David Lock QC

27 / Oct / 2017

What can a local authority take into account in determining payment to care homes?

Posted by Leon Glenister

17 / Oct / 2017

Alistair Mills’s Paper on NHS Reconfiguration Cited in HC Library Briefing Paper

Posted by Alistair Mills

11 / Oct / 2017

Hayden J tests the limits of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction: How far should the IJ be used to restrain unwise decisions made by those with capacity?

Posted by David Lock QC

29 / Sep / 2017

GP contracts for financial assistance – a reminder of the importance of precise drafting

Posted by Leon Glenister

25 / Sep / 2017

Out of the grounds: when has a patient ‘left hospital’ for the purposes of the aftercare duty in s117 MHA

Posted by Richard Clarke

13 / Sep / 2017

The winter pressures on A&E departments – are there legal consequences?

Posted by Hannah Gibbs

7 / Sep / 2017

New Bed Closure test – a potentially powerful tool

Posted by Samantha Broadfoot QC

6 / Sep / 2017

NHS England consultation on ceasing to commission “low value” treatments

Posted by David Lock QC

30 / Aug / 2017

Can Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships deliver real changes to the NHS?

Posted by David Lock QC

21 / Aug / 2017

Major changes to NHS charges for overseas visitors come into effect

Posted by David Lock QC

15 / Aug / 2017

NHS Contract Dispute results in finding that national tariff payable is payable for national tariff services despite “private” agreement to vary price

Posted by David Lock QC

8 / Aug / 2017

The division between NHS and local authority funding for nursing services in Care Homes: R (Forge Care Homes Ltd) v Cardiff and Vale University Health Board [2017] UKSC 56

Posted by Alistair Mills

8 / Aug / 2017

NHS England loses in court on a medical treatment case – yet again

Posted by David Lock QC

8 / Aug / 2017

Hospital closures and major health service changes: The role for local authorities

Posted by Hannah Gibbs

1 / Aug / 2017

The end of the compulsory requirement to apply to the Court of Protection in Persistent Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State cases

Posted by David Lock QC

25 / Jul / 2017

Freeing up beds in hospitals – can a hospital patient be evicted?

Posted by Yaaser Vanderman

18 / Jul / 2017

The legal risks around amalgamating contracts to reduce A&E 4-hour breach fines

Posted by David Lock QC

11 / Jul / 2017

The “right” to NICE-recommended drugs – fact or fiction?

Posted by Hannah Gibbs

4 / Jul / 2017

Is the NHS facing a post-election wave of Judicial Reviews?

Posted by David Lock QC

Resources > Health and Social Care Law Blog

Decision making, mental capacity and undue influence: Do hard cases make bad – or least fuzzy edged – law?[1]

Guidance on approach to be taken in “rolling judicial review” claims and provision of interim support under the Care Act 2014

Consent to engage in sex: A Local Authority v JB is a sensible, perceptive and informed way forward on these difficult issues from the Court of Appeal

What is the right approach to a dispute resolution procedure between CCGs and local authorities over eligibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare?

Does a CCG placement in supported living run a coach and horses through the NHS placing rules?

Supreme Court gives strong hint that it may convene larger panel to reconsider Cheshire West tests for deprivation of liberty

NHS Continuing Healthcare: The primacy of the experts appointed to the Multi Disciplinary Team and the limited role for the CCG panel

Claimants denied costs in Judicial Review proceedings for failing to use the NHS Complaints Procedures

Court of Appeal grant permission in challenge to NHS ACO contract

HPV vaccine set to be extended to boys, after pressure on equality grounds

Appeal launched in challenge to NHS Accountable Care Organisation Contract

Tory MPs publish a Private Members Bill to permit NHS co-funding

Richard Jackman v Wiltshire CCG: Using the Equality Act 2010 to secure effective treatment for learning disabled adults

Judge confirms that a CCG has no legal power to fund a continuing care patient for whom it had no statutory responsibility

Automatic suspension of healthcare contracts: the Lancashire Care case

Funding of NHS Continuing Healthcare

High Court Rules on New Bed Closure Test and Split Consultation

Administrative Court reserves judgment in Horton Hospital judicial review

Medical reviews of former police officers on injury pensions: Is there any duty to provide medical records?

The crisis in mental health services – does the fault lie with the NHS contracting system?

What can a local authority take into account in determining payment to care homes?

Alistair Mills’s Paper on NHS Reconfiguration Cited in HC Library Briefing Paper

Hayden J tests the limits of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction: How far should the IJ be used to restrain unwise decisions made by those with capacity?

GP contracts for financial assistance – a reminder of the importance of precise drafting

Out of the grounds: when has a patient ‘left hospital’ for the purposes of the aftercare duty in s117 MHA

The winter pressures on A&E departments – are there legal consequences?

New Bed Closure test – a potentially powerful tool

NHS England consultation on ceasing to commission “low value” treatments

Can Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships deliver real changes to the NHS?

Major changes to NHS charges for overseas visitors come into effect

NHS Contract Dispute results in finding that national tariff payable is payable for national tariff services despite “private” agreement to vary price

The division between NHS and local authority funding for nursing services in Care Homes: R (Forge Care Homes Ltd) v Cardiff and Vale University Health Board [2017] UKSC 56

NHS England loses in court on a medical treatment case – yet again

Hospital closures and major health service changes: The role for local authorities

The end of the compulsory requirement to apply to the Court of Protection in Persistent Vegetative State and Minimally Conscious State cases

Freeing up beds in hospitals – can a hospital patient be evicted?

The legal risks around amalgamating contracts to reduce A&E 4-hour breach fines

The “right” to NICE-recommended drugs – fact or fiction?

Is the NHS facing a post-election wave of Judicial Reviews?

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