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The Employment Rights Bill: Key changes for GP practices
How will the Employment Rights Bill affect GP practices? We look at the main points and how your practice can prepare.
Podcast: CNSGP – what is the NHS Resolution indemnity scheme for GPs?
In our latest podcast, healthcare litigation expert Patricia Roe and primary care expert Justin Cumberlege have summarise the key points of their webinar on the CNSGP, the NHS Resolution indemnity scheme for GPs.
You need to know the PGM 2024
NHS England released its updated Primary Medical Care Policy and Guidance Manual (PGM) this week. The PGM is used by the Integrated Care Boards to manage all aspects of general practice and helps to interpret and implement the various legislative regulations and directions which govern the sector.
What do the NHS Premises Costs Directions 2024 mean for practices?
The new NHS Premises Costs Directions are here and usher in long-awaited changes to the system of funding for GP surgery premises in England. Commercial property partner Bryn Morgan discusses what the changes mean for GP practices.
Podcast: What does the Provider Selection Regime mean for primary healthcare providers?
Primary healthcare law experts Justin Cumberlege and Robert McCartney host our first podcast of the year, discussing what the new Provider Selection Regime means for primary healthcare providers.
Podcast: Social media uses and abuses in primary care
Social media is a complex issue in employment law. What are the rules for doctors and other professionals? Find out in our latest podcast, hosted by Robert McCartney and Rachel Levine.
Five action points for a PCN to prepare for the future
Reviewing things now will help ensure Primary Care Networks (PCNs) have the framework and flexibility to evolve and develop to meet the demands of 2024, advise lawyers Justin Cumberlege and Robert McCartney. First published in AISMA’s Summer 2023 edition.
Opportunity knocks for GP provider organisations
The new Health and Care Bill published in the summer sets out how the government plans to reform health services and achieve better integration between health and care in England. Ross Clark and Alison Oliver explore some of its key elements and its implications for general practice.
Social Care Newsbrief autumn 2021
Read the autumn 2021 Social Care Newsbrief.
New Hempsons Southampton office
Announcing the opening of our fifth UK office.
Make your merger magic – not manic
The last 12 months has seen practices working much more closely together to respond to the pandemic and to deliver the network contract DES in PCNs. Many practices, having seen the benefits of closer working, are now considering merging. In this article, Alison Oliver outlines some of the key issues to consider if you are thinking about merging with one or more other practices.
Do you want to change or leave your PCN? Have you reviewed the 2021-2022 Network Specification?
If you are thinking of changing PCNs, leaving your PCN or opting out of the Network Contract DES, you must inform your CCG by 30th April at the latest.
Administration after incorporation
Kirsty Odell, Associate and Georgina Hall, Paralegal at specialist healthcare law firm Hempsons explain what you need to do once you have incorporated a company.
Primary Care – the impact of the White Paper
The main thrust of the paper is to put ICS (integrated Care Systems) onto a statutory footing, and provide the statutory foundation for the reforms which are a progression of the Five Year Forward View (which was published 7 years ago now) and the NHS Long Term Plan published in 2019.