The Government wrote to care homes and local authority partners on 11 September 2020 confirming that there has been an increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in care homes. The rise in numbers seems to be affecting staff rather than residents, but given the proximity within the settings it might follow that …
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The care sector is reliant on EU workers, in some parts of the country more than others, and it is likely that a number of those without a properly regularised immigration status could see an impact on the sector’s ability to provide adequate levels of staffing to residents and patients. As we head to the …
This article delves deeper into CQC’s immediate priorities following suspension of inspections in March 2020, looking at what CQC has in store for the next few months with its ‘Transitional Regulatory Approach’, contemplating what inspections may look like in the future in light of CQC’s new strategy to be published in 2021 and how this …
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