Day: 22 June 2020

DHSC issues version 2 of its guidance on “Admission and Care of Residents in a Care Home during COVID-19

Introduction & Previous Guidance This is the fourth article I have written examining the developing Government guidance on the issue of admissions into care homes during the COVID- 19 pandemic. On Friday 19 June 2019, the government issued an updated version (v.2.) of its Guidance “Admission and Care of Residents in a Care Home during …

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Update: What healthcare providers need to know about reporting of Covid-19 under RIDDOR

On 15 May 2020, I wrote an article in relation to what healthcare providers need to know about reporting of Covid-19 to the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) and considered the guidance ‘RIDDOR reporting of Covid-19’.   On 11 June 2020, the HSE published ‘Further guidance on RIDDOR reporting of Covid-19’ after recognising that the …

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