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Ridouts partners with Suffolk Association of Independent Care Providers

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Ridouts is delighted to partner with Suffolk Association of Independent Care Providers, an esteemed champion for the sector. SAICP ensures the voices of independent care providers in Suffolk are heard and provides its members with access to relevant and helpful resources. Ridouts provide legal, operational and strategic advice to providers who are faced with matters …

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Ridouts partners with the National Care Association

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Ridouts is delighted to announce that it has partnered with the National Care Association.  With the social care sector facing increasing pressures to provide high quality care on ever decreasing resources, there are challenging times ahead for the sector.  With the NCA being a strong and influential voice of the sector it represents and Ridouts …

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Supreme Court grants permission for appeal against Mencap / ‘sleep-ins’ decision

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The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against last year’s Court of Appeal ruling on sleep in payments for care workers. The case argues that sleep-in shifts should count as working time and be paid at least hourly minimum wage rates. Last year, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of a 2015 employment tribunal …

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Ridout Report – February 2019 – Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Charging For Accommodation and Service After Death

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21st Century regulators have shown a desire to widen the scope of their regulatory activity. This inevitably leads to allegations of multiple/overlapping regulation. That has long been regarded as bad regulation. Health and Social Care is one of the most heavily regulated sectors in UK Business. The CQC are all present and very powerful. There …

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CQC ask providers to comment on their registration guidance

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The CQC have asked providers for feedback on their experiences of using their guidance: The Scope of Registration. The guidance was issued ‘to make it clearer for providers who should register with CQC and for which regulated activities’. A link to the guidance can be found here The Scope of Registration Providers can complete a …

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Frozen charging thresholds mean many people face paying for residential care

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The government announced last week that the upper and lower capital limits, which determine who must pay the full cost of their care and how much others should pay from their assets, will remain at the same level in 2019-20 as they have done since 2010-11. Due to this, social care experts have warned that …

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