In July last year, I wrote about the frustration providers were facing around warning notices. CQC was issuing them at an alarming rate and publishing information about virtually all of them. Local and national press, and even TV broadcasters, took an interest from time to time leading to stories that seriously damaged providers’ reputations. Although …
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Last summer the CQC was provided with new powers to regulate providers around the best interests’ provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Regulation 18 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 concerns consent of service users. Before 18 June 2012, the regulation required services to have arrangements in place …
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