The Home Office has announced changes to CRB checks following a Court of Appeal ruling in January that blanket checks did not comply with Human Rights law. The new system will be implemented in just weeks following Parliamentary scrutiny. Under the proposed legislation, old and minor cautions and convictions will be filtered out of the …
One of the key messages coming out of the Mid-Staffordshire Inquiry Report was that patients’ voices were not heard. Francis reported that: Trust management had no culture of listening to patients. There were inadequate processes for dealing with complaints and serious untoward incidents (SUIs). Staff and patient surveys continually gave signs of dissatisfaction with the …
Providers of care are expected to ensure that service users are “protected from the risks of inadequate nutrition and dehydration…” (Regulation 14 Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010). This can be tricky when service users have a variety of special dietary and nutritional needs that are being monitored by a number …
Amidst all the Ministerial fanfare on 11 February 2013 about the social care funding reforms, scant attention was given to the commercial interests of providers who at the end of the day make the whole system work. What the reforms will not do is address the funding deficit in social care. The reforms also perpetuate …
Healthcare providers have a statutory obligation to ensure that they train both their nurses and carers adequately. One of the areas which you need to be trained on as a carer is consent. And that is where the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Code of Practice that underpins this come in. Capacity, as defined …
Care Talk: Why is Mental Capacity such a hot topic? Read More »
At Ridouts, we have noticed increased scrutiny on the part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in relation to compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. In part, this may be because CQC can now take direct enforcement action if the best interests framework established under the MCA is not being followed by a registered …
“Do not attempt resuscitation” (DNAR) decisions – Practical Steps for Providers Read More »
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