'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.
On 16 July 2020, Helen Whatley, Minister of State for Care announced that there would be a delay in the new Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) Scheme coming into force.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has published a consultation regarding shaping the future of the NHS complaint handling through the introduction of a Complaints Standards Framework (CSF), following the PHSO's report "Making Complaints Count: Supporting complaints handling in the NHS and UK Government Departments" dated July 2020.
