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Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief 2018
Welcome to this autumn edition of Hempsons’ Healthcare Newsbrief. It has been a busy few months for the NHS in the legal system with some ground-breaking decisions on key areas such as withdrawing clinically-assisted nutrition and hydration, fitness to practice and procurement.
Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief: Autumn/Winter 2018
Welcome to our autumn/winter 2018 edition of Hempsons’ Charities and Social Enterprise Newsbrief.
Academy trust articles of association – top ten tips
Helen Hirst shares her experience of advising academies on governance matters by providing her top ten questions for academy trusts to consider when reviewing their Articles.
Possible Legal and Regulatory Developments following the Bawa-Garba Case
Possible Legal and Regulatory Developments following the Bawa-Garba Case
The fit and proper persons requirement
The fit and proper persons requirement - how the requirement works in practice and how it might be extended in the future.
A summary of the Dr Bawa-Garba case – and what this may mean for trusts
A summary of the Dr Bawa-Garba case - and what this may mean for trusts
Big Data, Health Data
How to unlock the potential of health data within a compliant information governance framework.
Can a disability account for bad behaviour?
A recent Employment Tribunal decision serves as a timely reminder that where conduct issues are said to arise from an underlying mental health condition, employers should be cautious of departing from medical opinion.
Inadequate record keeping invalidates contract award
Hempsons recently acted on behalf of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the “Trusts”) in successfully challenging Lancashire County Council (the “Council”) in relation to a procurement challenge for the provision of 0 – 19 services.
Civil Society Strategy
The Government published its Civil Society Strategy on 9th August 2018. The focus is on community, an ‘even bigger’ society, and creating ‘social value’ – something that the Government states as being independent of state control.
Rationalising leased office space – making the most of your opportunities
With advances in technology, more and more charities and social enterprises are reviewing their office space requirements and taking the opportunities this presents for reducing rent, rates and utility bills.
Trust Matters
“Trust Matters”. These are the bywords of the Charity Commission for its recent report on public trust in charities, issued in July 2018.
Sleep-ins – what next?
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake is not yet the final word on sleep-ins.…
Safeguarding revisited – how does your charity fare?
The last year has seen changes to how – and who – charities must safeguard. And more changes are afoot...……