Month: November 2012

Care Talk: Finding Hope after Being Served with a Notice of Proposal to Cancel

In recent months, we have seen an increasing number of notices of proposal to cancel registrations (or, for providers with multiple locations, notices to vary conditions to remove locations).  That comes as no surprise to us.  Since April 2012, CQC’s new enforcement policy has included a regulatory response escalator which has meant that providers should …

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Healthcare Business: CQC Steps up the Enforcement Escalator

In April this year, CQC published its latest version of its enforcement policy which included a new enforcement escalator.  The underlying principle was that if providers do not fall into compliance following low end enforcement, CQC will move on to higher end enforcement. The policy has to be seen in the context of a regulator …

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Providers take note – cancellations of registrations are on the rise

Over recent months, we have noticed an increasing number of notices of proposal to cancel the registrations of providers (or, for providers with multiple locations, notices of proposal to vary conditions to remove locations) being issued by the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”).  This is not surprising given that since April 2012, CQC’s new enforcement policy …

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