After a weekend of speculation, on Monday the Government confirmed that its policy on making vaccination as a condition of deployment (VCOD) for healthcare workers to be permitted to undertake CQC regulated activities (or those who support such activities and have patient contact), was going to be reviewed and is now subject to further consultation.
Dismissal for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is fair says the Employment Tribunal in the case of Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Limited.
'Find a Tender' (FTS) is the new UK e-notification service. This will replace the current requirement for notices of new procurements to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union's Tenders Electronic Daily (OJEU/TED).
Public Contract Regulations 2015
The Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Maughan) v Her Majesty's Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire was handed down on 13 November 2020.
On 4 November 2020, the Chief Coroner issued revised guidance on coroners statutory powers, under Regulation 28 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013 and paragraph 7, Schedule 5 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to make a report for the Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD).
The General Medical Council (GMC) has recently published their updated guidance on decision making and consent, which comes into effect on the 9th November 2020.
The CQC has this week prosecuted University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Foundation Trust ("the Trust") for a failing to be open and honest with a family in relation to the death of a patient and therefore breaching the statutory duty of candour.
As with all sectors, the NHS is rapidly moving systems, services and content to the cloud, and suppliers are forever extolling the virtues of this approach. But it is worth pausing to reflect on the specific things we should be looking out for from a legal and liability perspective when procuring and contracting for such services.
