They say buying and selling a property is one of the most stressful things you can do in life. Now imagine buying or selling a health or social care business where several 10’s or 100’s of people are reliant on good care being provided or money being in their pay packet at the end of …
Undertaking Due Diligence – Why it pays to do your homework Read More »
It can happen and does happen. The CQC can cancel your registration. It could be one location, it could be your entire registration. The CQC might stop you from trading by a number of means: asking a magistrate court to cancel your registration with immediate effect; serving a piece of paper on you urgently which …
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As reported on in our October 2020 Newsletter, the introduction of CQC’s Transitional Monitoring Approach means that the CQC is moving away from timetabled inspections and towards a more risk based approach. The CQC will base the action it takes on the information it is in receipt of, but this does not necessarily mean that …
The CQC’s transitional regulatory approach is being rolled out to general practice from 19 October 2020. The approach builds upon the regulator’s emergency support framework which it introduced when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The CQC’s intention is to move away from fixed timetabled inspections and towards inspecting based on presenting risk. The CQC has indicated …
How the CQC’s transitional regulatory approach could affect your GP practice Read More »
In ‘The Future of CQC Inspections’ webinar, Gemma Nicholas looked at CQC’s “Now, Next and Future” plans, while Laura Paton looked at how providers can get the most out of their CQC inspections. The session was hosted by Ridouts’ COO, Caroline Barker. Find more information and resources from this webinar here.https://www.youtube.com/embed/BoK9Mawtysc
Ridouts is delighted to announce the promotion of three of its lawyers. From 1 August 2020, Anna-Maria Lemmer is promoted to Associate and Laura Paton promoted to Senior Associate. This is in addition to the promotion of Caroline Barker, last month, to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Ridouts’ is a firm of specialist lawyers …
There appears to be a buzz phrase going round CQC at the moment. At the May 2020 CQC Board meeting “crossing the threshold” was said a number of times by different Board members – “…nothing beats crossing the threshold…”, “…people going out, crossing thresholds to one level or another…”, “…as this infection risk does reduce …
How COVID-19 may have a Positive Effect on the Inspection Process Read More »
Our solicitors Caroline Barker, Samantha Cox and Maddi Gaunt discuss Ofsted, its functions and characteristics and how providers might deal with any intervention by this notoriously difficult regulator.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPNzyUo4zg
I had to chuckle when I read the CQC Emergency Support Framework. Billed as a supportive process, it would appear to be anything but. It is however not a laughing matter. It appears to be a way to gather information about providers outside of the regulatory framework to use against them at a future date. …
CQC’s Emergency Support Framework – not all it’s cracked up to be Read More »
In last month’s edition of Caring Times, I wrote about the CQC’s power to suspend a provider’s rating when it had concerns that the current rating was possibly no longer reflective of the care being provided to service users. I had highlighted my concern that the only information available to providers was a sentence in …
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