Staff Recruitment And Retention: Achieve Higher CQC Ratings
Seasoned providers of adult social care services will be well versed in the challenges of recruiting and retaining staff. The latest Skills for Care report
CQC Quality Statements and Evidence Categories
The weather has turned cold, Strictly is back on our screens and the countdown to Christmas is on. Alas, CQC’s purple present for providers it
Mandated Professional Registration For Adult Social Care Workers?
Care England has released its latest publication ‘Care for our future – the roadmap to a sustainable future for adult social care’’ which sets out
The Importance of Consumer Law Obligations in Social Care – Complaints Procedures
In the final installment of my four-part series on consumer law obligations and their relevance to health and social care providers, I will look at
Every Interaction Counts: The Making Of A Regulatory History
Where police, prosecutors and criminal courts rely on a defendant’s criminal history to support its prosecution, a regulator places the same reliance on a provider
The CQC’s New Regulatory Regime – What We Know And Don’t Know
Providers are anticipating the changes to the CQC’s regulatory approach and how they will impact on their businesses. The CQC is drip feeding us with
New COVID-19 Variants And Winter Jabs
As winter approaches so does the cold and flu season. While we may no longer be getting the daily inundation of COVID-19 statistics, this does
Reclaiming The Narrative From CQC
The CQC issues a provider with a report and that report tells the world what the CQC’s opinion is of the quality of that service.
The Emergence Of Fee Disputes Between Care Home Providers And Local Authorities
Ridouts has seen an emergence of fee disputes between care home providers and local authorities in recent times. These disputes are arising out of the
The Importance Of Consumer Law Obligations In Social Care – Providing Quality Care
In this third installment of my four-part series on consumer law obligations, and their relevance to health and social care providers, I will be discussing
How To Prepare For CQC Inspections
Whilst it’s impossible to determine how inspections of GP practices will look once the CQC’s single assessment framework comes into play in the months ahead,
If Your CQC Registration Is Dormant, CQC May Cancel It
The Care Quality Commission’s (“CQC”) use of enforcement action, namely notices of proposal (“NOP”) and notices of decision (“NOD”), to either vary or cancel a