Health & Care Update - May 2025
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Who pays? Responsibility for commissioning and funding mental health...
12/02/2014
Section 117(1) and (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 imposes a duty on CCGs and local authorities, in co-operation with relevant...
Changes to defamation law from 1 January 2014
05/12/2013
The Defamation Act 2013 is due to come fully into force on 1 January 2014. This note highlights the provisions that are most...
Reasonable adjustments - Q&A
28/11/2013
Bevan Brittan's employment team regularly advises on a range of issues relating to equalities, and we have been dealing with...
Was there a winner at Aintree?
06/11/2013
On 30 October 2013, the Supreme Court handed down its first judgment on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and in doing so gave some...
Private medical treatment is a 'reasonable adjustment'
31/10/2013
You may be forgiven for thinking that the provision of private healthcare would be beyond the scope of an employer's duty to make ...
Interferences with Article 8: what justification?
18/10/2013
Interferences with patient's rights under Article 8 are an increasingly prevalent area of challenge in the mental health arena;...
Executive and non-executive decisions in the light of Doncaster
09/10/2013
The Court of Appeal has recently considered the extent to which full Council can use its budget-setting powers to constrain how...
“A promise to learn – a commitment to act” – The Berwick Review on...
14/08/2013
“A promise to learn – a commitment to act” – The Berwick Review on Improving the Safety of Patients in England
Directors' liability in health and social care
09/08/2013
As the Government and various regulators map out the steps they are putting in place in response to the failings highlighted by...
Local authority parking charges come under scrutiny
02/08/2013
DCLG has highlighted English local authority forecasts of £635msurplus from parking charges and fines in 2013 and 2014. In a...
TUPE Regulations officially 'static'
31/07/2013
As we reported in our recent Alert, the European Court of Justice has published its long awaited decision on whether the TUPE...
Being an Inquest Witness: Part 2 - Giving Evidence at the Hearing
18/06/2013
This article examines the realities of giving evidence at an Inquest hearing and provides practical guidance and tips for...
Blogs and online publications – Local authority officer succeeds in...
08/04/2013
This article looks at a recent High Court decision that considered an authority’s robust response to public criticism and...