Month: August 2016

Expert Care Manager- The Care Act 2014: can the good intentions of the Act become reality despite the financial wreckage of the adult care sector?

Heralded as “the biggest change to the law in 60 years”, the Care Act was designed to move the spotlight from councils providing prescriptive, template services to a more nuanced approach in which an individual’s care and support provision was reflected in a bespoke package tailored to their needs. The ‘no decision about me without …

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Ridout Report -With the current scrutiny of mental health services, do GPs have the resources to satisfy CQC?

The GP inspection regime has now been in place for almost 2 years. The general consensus is that practices are adapting to the new system and understand what CQC expect of them. Initially hesitant to engage with yet more external scrutiny, the efforts of the majority to demonstrate has paid dividends. The current trend is …

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