The Department of Health has published a public consultationthis month titled ‘Display of performance assessments’which outlines its proposal to place a legal requirement on registered providers to display the rating published by the CQC. The rationale behind the proposal is that while the new rating system is intended to provide a reliable assessment of a …
An investigation by Pulse has revealed that the a number of areas involved in the government’s £50m pilot scheme to open GP surgeries seven days a week have yet to start their schemes. The schemes are being funded by the £50m ‘Challenge Fund’ that was initially announced in 2013 at the Conservative Party conference. NHS …
The head of the government’s Troubled Families unit, Louise Casey, is to conduct an independent inspection of children’s services in Rotherham council in the wake of the child abuse scandal. Ms Casey has been asked to review the quality of the Rotherham children’s services and also draw any wider lessons for local government, including the coordination …
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This week the government has ordered a review of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) less than three months after it told peers there was no need to rethink the legislation. The review comes as a result of the surge in DoLS cases following the Supreme Court ruling in the cases of Cheshire West and …
From October 2014, the first new regime of CQC’s inspections will start. Professor Sir Mike Richards, CQC’s chief inspector of hospitals, has identified eight hospitals that are going to be inspected under its new inspection approach. This will allow CQC to test its new model in different independent hospital settings. CQC expect to receive equivalent …
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According to reports in The Lancet around one in five child deaths could be prevented. Figures show that around 5,000 children die each year, with 15- to 17-year-olds having the highest proportion of preventable deaths from suicide, accidents, abuse and neglect. In a series of three reports looking at child deaths in high-income countries, researchers used …
Yesterday saw the official launch of the Demos Commission on Residential Care held in Westminster regarding care sector reforms. The think-tank’s year-long review of residential care was chaired by Paul Burstow MP and brought together academics, industry experts and providers. It explored the future of the ‘housing with care’ sector, covering everything from care homes, villages and …
A recent investigation has found that up to 35,000 patients have been wrongly struck off GP registers in the last year as a result of NHS cost-cutting exercises targeting the elderly and vulnerable. According to doctors, patients are increasingly being denied vital check-ups, cancer screening and suffering delays obtaining medication because of botched attempts by …
CQC’s enforcement action has ramped up a notch over the last few months. At Ridouts we are seeing increased numbers of Notices of Proposal (“NOP”). As well as proposals to remove locations, a popular proposal is to add a condition of registration to restrict admissions of service users. Sometimes end dates for that restriction are …
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The installation of CCTV within care homes has been hailed as both the best way to prevent abuse, and an invasion of resident privacy. Ridouts Solicitors and the Relatives & Residents Association hosted a joint symposium on 10 July 2014 at The Royal Society of Medicine, to enable stakeholders from all areas of the health …
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