Over the weekend, how Care Homes are dealing with admissions of patients being discharged from NHS hospitals has been highlighted in the media. There has been some criticism of Care Homes refusing to accept patients discharged from NHS Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of issues feed into the debate around this. These include: …
As providers will know, CQC tend to inspect infection control under Regulations 12 and 15 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Regulation 12 states that care and treatment must be provided in a safe way for service users and providers are responsible for ‘assessing the risk of, and preventing, …
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