Gavin Jones of Blake Lapthorn summarises the legal principles behind providing free healthcare on the NHS to non-UK residents, and the checks to perform when registering immigrants.

How does divorce and estrangement affected consent and confidentiality issues when it comes to children's records? Natalie Hayes of the MDU advises.

Jonathan Hayden of Browne Jacobson gives a short guide to the who, what, when, where, how and why of registers of interest.

The new 300-page document from the Law Commission is full of vagueries, writes Dr Jane Lockhart, and threatens to open the floodgates to a wave of litigation.

GP locums are not responsible for, let alone easily involved in, governance at the practices they serve, Dr Fieldhouse argues, and revalidation should protect patients rather than embroiling doctors who have opted not to work as principals into complex governance issues outside their control.

Stopping nurse indemnity will cost GPs and practice staff, but may also end up hurting the RCN, says Dr Ben Wyatt.