Anna Soubry, a new health minister appointed earlier this month said the government “screwed up” its presentation of the controversial reforms to the NHS in England. The minister made the comment during a private session at a health conference, just days after taking up her new ministerial post. However, in a written statement released by …
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which received royal assent in May this year, has now started to come into force. The act aims to scale back the Criminal Records Regime and the Vetting and Barring System to ‘common sense levels’. The current Vetting and Barring Scheme has been criticised as disproportionate and unnecessarily bureaucratic. …
Care home residents will be asked to rate their experience in an independent survey as a new approach to monitoring health and social care. The move is backed by the Care Quality Commission which hopes for a future system where other agencies share responsibility for demonstrating the safety and quality of care services. The CQC …
West Sussex County Council taken to task by the High Court in relation to the exercise of its safeguarding functions – an important Judgment for all care providers The High Court has held that the decisions of West Sussex County Council made at a safeguarding case conference concerning allegations of abuse at a care home …
When adult safeguarding is done well, it is an open and collaborative process where all concerned share the aim of protecting vulnerable people and considering what measures can be put in place to manage risks. When done badly, safeguarding can resemble a witch trial. For years, the sector has faced some authorities behaving in the …
Care Talk: Judge Finds Safeguarding Process ‘Deplorable’ Read More »
August saw one of the most important judgments for the care sector since the run of fees cases last year. Two care providers in West Sussex successfully challenged the local authority’s conduct in a safeguarding investigation concerning their care home. The local authority had for many months withheld information about the allegations from the provider. …
Caring Times: Providers Successful Judicial Review of Safeguarding Read More »
On 15 August 2012, the Department of Health issued a consultation exercise on various licensing proposals. Monitor is currently the regulator of Foundation Trusts, overseeing them and considering applications by Trusts to achieve Foundation status. When the relevant provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 come into force, however, its role will be …
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