Lewisham Safeguarding Adult Board – February 2018 – Legal Update
Solicitor Nicole Ridgwell delivers a legal update to attendees at the Lewisham Safeguarding Adult Board.
Drink and Drug News – Forewarned is forearmed – The CQC’s new briefing is essential reading for the sector
On 29 November 2017, CQC published ‘Substance misuse services: The quality and safety of residential detoxification’, a briefing of the 2016/ 2017 inspection cycle. The document, which is necessary reading for all within the sector, is significant for its almost exclusively negative tone. The 9 page document contains no reference to the hard work of …
Nicole Ridgwell – Ridouts – Sustainability
Nicole Ridgwell (Solicitor) discusses the sustainability of adult social care services with Expert Care Manager Magazine.
Ridout Report – CQC Code of Practice on Confidential Personal Information
Further to their concluded consultation, CQC has this September published a new ‘Code of practice on confidential personal information’ (the Code). Through the consultation CQC proposed to revise its Code on confidential personal information (CPI) governing the way in which CQC obtains, handles, uses and discloses information in its possession. As defined within the Health and Social Care Act 2008, CPI includes medical records, care records and personal documentation that …
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Ridout Report -With the current scrutiny of mental health services, do GPs have the resources to satisfy CQC?
The GP inspection regime has now been in place for almost 2 years. The general consensus is that practices are adapting to the new system and understand what CQC expect of them. Initially hesitant to engage with yet more external scrutiny, the efforts of the majority to demonstrate has paid dividends. The current trend is …
Ridout Report – Will we see the new Nursing Associates in the NHS by Spring 2017 or has the Government created an unrealistic timeframe?
Health Education England (HEE) has now concluded its consultation, “Building capacity to care and capability to treat – a new team member for health and social care.” Having received responses received from individuals, stakeholders and trade unions throughout the healthcare sector, HEE has confirmed that it will be proceeding with plans to introduce nursing associates …
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults – A Legal Update by Nicole Ridgwell (BSAB Conference 2016)
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults – A Legal Update’ by Nicole Ridgwell, Solicitor, Ridouts, from the Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board Conference 2016.
