At the March 2017 CQC Board Meeting the consultation on ‘Registering the Right Support’ guidance was highlighted by a Board member as a document setting “out very specific conditions under which [CQC] would register housing for people with learning disabilities so there couldn’t be more than…five or six people in a unit. [CQC] said you …
New versions of CQC guidance on “Disclosure of Information to Providers” and “Sharing Information” reveal a worrying shift in CQC’s stance regarding disclosure of inspection notes to providers. In relation to such requests, the 2015 Sharing Information guidance stated: “Providers may consider that they need to receive this information from CQC in order to be …
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Due to cuts from local authorities in their contributions for residents and costs, particularly staff overheads, on the rise, care homes are under immense pressure and a record number of businesses failed last year as a result. New government figures show that 75 care home businesses were declared insolvent in 2016, up from 74 in …
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Last October London Fire Brigade changed their view on smoking in care homes after no less than 120 care homes caught fire accidentally in London in 2016. They now recommend that smoking should not take place at all in care homes, whilst previously they advised smoking took place on premises ‘as safely as possible’. The …
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MPs from the Health Select Committee have said morale among health and care workers from the EU has been hit by the uncertainty of Brexit. In response to this warning, nurses and care workers have been speaking to carehome.co.uk about their feelings of “anger and betrayal”. Theresa May has refused to guarantee the rights of …
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