Month: April 2018

Call from ‘more therapeutic’ care after MHA review

According to Simon Wessely, chair of the independent review of the Mental Health Act (MHA), providing “more therapeutic” care for detained mental health patients will be a priority for the review. Wessley told delegates at the Community Care Live Manchester that care for people with severe mental health problems had “gone downhill” in many areas …

Call from ‘more therapeutic’ care after MHA review Read More »

CQC publish second phase of their report on children and young people’s mental health services

Following their first phase CQC have now published the second phase to their report on children and young people’s mental health services in England. CQC spoke with staff working across different parts of the system and to children, young people, parents, families and carers who use their services. CQC reviewed many policies and procedures and …

CQC publish second phase of their report on children and young people’s mental health services Read More »

CQC write to mental health NHS Trusts about improving sexual safety on mental health wards

CQC have written to specialist mental health NHS trusts in England to inform them of an upcoming workshop to explore what can be done to improve sexual safety on mental health wards. More than 100 senior staff from NHS mental health trusts are expected to take part. The main issues around sexual safety in mental …

CQC write to mental health NHS Trusts about improving sexual safety on mental health wards Read More »

Ridout Report – Back to Basics – Challenging CQC Inspection Reports

Since the introduction of the CQC rating system in 2014 there have been various revisions of CQC’s guidance to providers on how it monitors, inspects and regulates adult social care services which impact how CQC makes judgements and how providers can challenge these. It is important for providers to challenge factual inaccuracies and misleading comments …

Ridout Report – Back to Basics – Challenging CQC Inspection Reports Read More »

Ensuring Compliance – As published in Care Talk – April 2018

Ensuring Compliance – CQC Inspections Inspections are at the heart of CQC’s model for ensuring compliance and will remain so as indicated in in their strategy for 2016 to 2021. Inspections can be a nerve wracking experience, but they don’t have to be.  They are your opportunity to demonstrate compliance and show off how good …

Ensuring Compliance – As published in Care Talk – April 2018 Read More »

Ofsted finds improvement to ‘inadequate services’ but concerns still raised

Concerns have still been raised by Ofsted, despite findings of improvement within ‘inadequate’ children’s services in Birmingham. During a monitoring inspection, which took place in March, children were found to be taken into care appropriately and promptly by the local authority. There were findings of a more stable workforce and lower caseloads. Notwithstanding the above, …

Ofsted finds improvement to ‘inadequate services’ but concerns still raised Read More »

Can we help?