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Outcomes definition

What does Outcomes mean? In legal practice, “outcomes” describes the results a firm or lawyer must achieve—such as acting in clients’ best interests, safeguarding confidentiality and upholding the rule of law—to evidence effective compliance and protection of clients and the public. In England and Wales, outcomes had a specific regulatory meaning under the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Handbook 2011’s Outcomes‑Focused Regulation (OFR): each chapter of the sra code of conduct set mandatory outcomes, supported by indicative behaviours. Since 25 November 2019, the SRA Standards and Regulations (including the SRA Codes of conduct for Solicitors and for Firms) no longer list “outcomes”; they prescribe...

England Healthcare Regulatory Framework: DHSC and arm’s length bodies; NHS England/NHS Improvement licensing; CQC regulated activities; PSA oversight; other regulators; transitional reforms

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Practice notes

Practice Note

A UK healthcare provider may fall under the oversight of multiple regulators and must adhere to their requirements. This Practice Note offers a concise outline of those authorities, acknowledging that the regulatory landscape is in transition:

NHS England is being brought more closely within the control of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and is to be fully integrated by 2027;
the number of Integrated Care Boards will reduce from 42 separate organisations to 27 clusters;
reform of the Care Quality commission (CQC) is under way following the recent Dash and Richardson reports.

It should be remembered that healthcare across the UK is devolved to four administrations—England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—with regulatory variation between them. While there are shared foundations, material differences remain, and this summary addresses the position in England only. It focuses on healthcare as a service, not on the regulation of medicinal products or medical devices, and does not directly cover care or care-adjacent services such as children’s homes...

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Louise Fullwood

Pinsent Masons

Louise advises on healthcare regulatory, commercial, intellectual property and technology matters for a range of clients. Louise worked in cardiovascular research at Nottingham University Hospital prior to her legal career and spent 4 years as a non-executive director of NHS Blood & Transplant, and hence brings an understanding of healthcare in practice to ensure that advice provided to clients is not simply legally correct and commercially robust but is also framed within the wider context of regulatory requirements and ethical sensitivities. Her areas of expertise include due diligence assessments of regulatory compliance; interacting with regulatory bodies; drafting and negotiating agreements for the provision of regulated activities and advising on strategy for organisations looking to enter the market or extend into new activities. Louise also teaches on the UCL Transactional Intellectual Property course and is a co-lead on an EU Innovative Medicines...

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