Here at Ridouts we spend a large part of our time acting for Clients who have suffered at the hands of an inefficient CQC. We are regularly approached by Clients who have been issued with draft inspection reports that are riddled with errors, judgments with no basis in fact or are simply built around an …
According to CQC GP surgeries are the highest performing sector in the NHS. This comes above hospitals, mental health and social care. Despite this, inspectors did note safety concerns at one in seven practices. These problems included; storing vaccines at the right temperature, filling in prescriptions quickly enough, having defibrillators that work properly and learning …
CQC claims that care homes which champion equality and human rights are more likely to be rated outstanding in their inspection reports. CQC have said there is a clear link between how well a provider treats its staff and residents in respect of human rights and treating them equally and its quality of care. Overall, …
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Warnings have come from the Royal Mencap Society that care providers for people with learning disabilities are facing a £400m bill for back pay that could bankrupt the entire sector. After the government reversed its decision that “sleep-in-support” is exempt from minimum pay legislation, HMRC is pursuing providers for six years of wages. Mencap are …
Royal Mencap Society says back-pay bill could cost care sector £400m Read More »
As would be expected, clients rarely come to those in my profession with their good news stories! What really shines out in the article is how staff are so enthusiastic about the service. This will no doubt have translated into a frontline commitment to make the service the best that it can be. While all …
The last few months have seen continued developments in the vexed question of payment for ‘sleeping rights’. We expressed doubts as to whether the issue was, really, still alive. We were wrong. A decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) and vacillation from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have left the matter quite …
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A survey of all parties, carried out by the charity Independent Age, has found that over 80 per cent of MPs believe the funding for social care in the UK is ‘insufficient’. 86 per cent of MPs believe a cross-party consensus is needed for a lasting settlement on health and social care, and 90 per …
Funding for social care is ‘insufficient’, says eight in ten MPs Read More »
The Care Quality Commission has recently published a report entitled ‘The State of Adult Social Care Service 2014 to 2017; Findings from CQC’s initial programme of comprehensive inspections in adult social care’. The report contains conclusions published by CQC between October 2014 and May 2017 of 33,000 inspections it had undertaken of adult social care …
Caring Times – State of Care report: regulator shares its findings Read More »
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