Month: October 2017

CQC communicates its regulatory intentions for adult social care – Care Home Professional Magazine

Even the closest of observers of CQC might have missed its recent response to “Our next phase of regulation: consultation 2” where it sets out its intentions for regulating adult social care services.  This response serves as a precursor to how it will regulate and inspect providers in the near future. CQC intends to change …

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Phase one completed for CQC’s review of mental health services for children and young people

Yesterday marked the end of phase one of CQC’s review of children and young people’s mental health services. It follows the Prime Minister’s request for CQC to conduct a review of quality and access across the system of mental health services for children and young people. CQC used three sources of information as the foundation …

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Campaigner launches judicial review against NHS England over new national contract

A campaign group, supported by Leigh Day, has lodged a judicial review against NHS England, claiming the contract for accountable care organisations breaches the Health and Social Care Act 2012. NHS England have said the “mistaken campaign” was an attempt to “frustrate the move to more integrated care”.  Earlier this week Leigh Day submitted review …

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Concerns that older people taking multiple medications are more likely to fall over

According to a new study, older people who take a combination of at least five different medications are 21 per cent more likely to fall over. NICE recommends that people with multimorbidity (which is defined as mainly taking 10 or more different drugs) are given tailored care. But, researchers from the Leicester Diabetes Centre studied …

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Tory leaders say care home providers could face collapse if ‘dementia tax’ goes ahead

If the financial threshold for state support increases, conservative council leaders have warned that county councils cannot afford the hit by a £308m rise in care home costs. According to The County Councils Network (CCN), new research has shown that raising the threshold would push far more people into state care than local authorities could …

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The NAO say CQC still needs to overcome some ongoing issues

Despite the National Audit Office (NAO) finding that the CQC has improved as an organisation and now provides better value for money, they say it still needs to overcome some ongoing issues with the timelines of some of its regulation activities. The report says that while most healthcare providers and inspectors think the CQC’s judgments …

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Ridout Report – Proportionality when taking Enforcement Decisions – The Tribunal disagrees with CQC

On 9 October 2017, the Tribunal issued an important judgement overturning a decision of CQC to impose an urgent condition on a provider’s registration preventing admissions to a care home without the prior written agreement of the regulator. In Clarendon Care Group v CQC [2017] 3125.EA-MoU, Ridouts acted for the provider. The Tribunal disagreed with …

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New NICE guidelines on people with challenging behaviour

According to new draft NICE guidelines, people with challenging behaviour should only be treated in a mental health hospital or a residential setting as a last resort. The draft guidelines aim to bring recognition to the fact people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges are not receiving the care they deserve. The guideline committee …

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