Month: March 2014

Healthcare Business: Does Ofsted lack transparency and accountability? Mar 2014, Caroline Barker

At Ridouts we have seen an increasingly aggressive Ofsted and more and more clients are concerned about inspectors’ conduct and in turn the judgements reached at inspection visits. Ofsted give providers 5 working days after receiving the draft inspection report to make factual accuracy comments before an inspection report is published.  However, Ofsted are adamant …

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Corporate and individual accountability in health and social care: a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of patients may lead to up to 240 prosecutions a year

On 27 February 2014, the Department of Health issued its consultation document, “New offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect”. The Government believes that there is a small but significant gap in the existing legislation in relation to the ill-treatment and wilful neglect of adults with capacity. In contrast to adults with full capacity, the Government …

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