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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
23 November 2017
Actions speak louder than words in respect of insight
McDermott v HCPC [2017] EWHC 2899 (Admin)
Hearing date: 7th November 2017
Before: Mrs Justice Yip
5 September 2017
SRA Warning on Offensive Communications
On 24th August the SRA issued a warning to the profession about offensive communications.
4 September 2017
Doctors beware – your obligations to maintain adequate cover are not to be taken lightly
Irvine v General Medical Council
[2017] EWCA Civ 1296
15 August 2017
Criminal consequences for accessing medical records without a business purpose
Doctors, dentists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and other healthcare professionals tempted to look at the medical records of members of their family or friends without a ‘business purpose’ should read with interest the latest warning issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), namely that “NHS employees .. unlawfully accessing patient records [are committing] an offence”. The warning is equally applicable to those working in private healthcare settings and to other professionals who have access to personal data (broadly defined as being data that relates to a living individual who can be identified from it).
10 August 2017
Unfit for work, does not automatically equate to unfit to attend a hearing
Hayat v General Medical Council
[2017] EWHC 1899 (Admin)
