The NMC and GMC have this week published joint guidance on the duty of candour. The guidance sets out for the first time the standards expected of all doctors, nurses and midwives practicing in the UK in complying with the statutory duty of candour. The guidance explains healthcare professionals’ duty to be open and honest …
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It is now one year after the launch of the ‘Sign up to Safety’ campaign which was a scheme to improve patient safety. Since then, 260 NHS organisations have set out ambitious plans to save lives by reducing avoidable harm. This means that the scheme is in a strong position to reach its aim of …
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Following recent inspections of adult social care services across England, CQC has issued a further 175 reports on care homes and homecare agencies. Of the services evaluated, 13 were given an inspection rating of ‘inadequate’ and will face further action from CQC. Under the new inspection programme, all adult social care services have been given …
The head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said covert filming left staff feeling like they were “under the microscope” and could drive them out of jobs where they were needed. Delegates at the RCN’s annual conference voted overwhelmingly against the use of video and audio recordings with four in five nurses opposing their …
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Ofsted has culled 1,200 school and college inspectors who are ‘not good enough’ to judge schools. The move by the education inspectorate is part of its plan to improve quality and consistency, and bring inspections in-house. Ofsted had been using about 3,000 additional inspectors, contracted through inspection service providers to carry out inspections. Sir Robin …
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The deadline for the Law Commission’s final proposals for a legal framework to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) has been brought forward. The government’s announcement came after Labour MP Ann Cofey contacted ministers calling for an urgent review of DoLS, arguing the system is not fit for purpose. Originally the Law Commission was …
The National Audit Office has today published a report on the implementation of Phase 1 of the Care Act 2014. The report analyses the Phase 1 changes occurring in April 2015 and the financial impact for 2015-16 of Phase 2 changes. The Department of Health was praised for the way in which it had implemented …
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In December 2014 Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, announced plans to work with Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority to take charge of struggling health economies and move them to new models of care as outlined in the organisation’s NHS Five Year Forward View. This would be done through the newly established “success regime”. …
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CQC has been placing an ever increasing focus on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) as part of its inspection process ever since the Supreme Court judgement of Cheshire West turned providers’ perceptions of DoLS upside down. It is now over a year since the controversial Cheshire West judgement was made but what progress has …
Following the roll-out of CQC’s rating system and the new Regulated Activities Regulations that came into force in April 2015, CQC is allocating new ratings for providers at an ever increasing speed. Whilst CQC is happy to publish information on the relatively high percentage of services that have been rated as ‘Good’, and indeed services …
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