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1 Apr

Buying or selling a Practice – TUPE obligations

If you are in the process of buying or selling your dental practice, then it is likely that you will have legal obligations under TUPE. The CODE Total HR team have come across many situations where practice owners were not aware of this complex area of law and have found themselves falling foul of a […]

1 Apr

NHS Orthodontic Contracts – TUPE Know The Risks

NHS England have recently carried out a procurement process in the South of England to award new contracts to provide orthodontic services from 1st April 2019. The CODE Total HR team have been supporting a number of orthodontic practice members going through the tender process and having to deal with the complexities of “Transfer of Undertakings […]

29 Mar

Statutory Pay Rates Rising – April 2019

Within the Code Total HR team, we keep abreast of any important changes in order to keep you informed and up to date. Here is a brief overview of what you need to know in order to effectively plan your annual budgets and update your employment documents. In the new financial year, with effect from […]

29 Mar

Auto-enrolment – contribution increase

As employers you have a duty under the Pensions Act 2008 to enrol employees, who satisfy the eligibility criteria, into a workplace pension scheme. This is known as ‘auto-enrolment’ and the aim of this government backed scheme is to help employees plan for their retirement. The eligibility criteria for enrolment may vary from scheme-to-scheme, if […]

11 Feb

Data Protection Overview

Data protection complianceFor dental practices the compliance is complex, we have to take into account consent for treatment, health records which is the processing of special category data, consent for marketing to both patients and non-patients, which is the processing of personal data plus managing personnel files which could include both types of data. To […]

11 Feb

How to Complete the Data Protection and Security Toolkit

NHS practices must complete the online Data Protection and Security Toolkit, which is a highly complex task and involves the need for regular annual checks, audits and updates. Without a system to follow it’s a very difficult task for a dental practice to set up and maintain annually. As is often the case with new […]