Government Proposes New Regulations Empowering CQC to Ensure Patient Visits in Care Settings
The Government is presently consulting on new regulations aimed at granting the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) additional authority to oversee and enforce visitation arrangements by care providers. This comes amid concerns that there are continued instances where visitors are unfairly denied access to their loved ones. The proposed regulations would impose a legal obligation on …
Clarity on Article 2 Obligations: Insights from the Supreme Court Judgement in R (Maguire)[2023]
On 21 June 2023, the Supreme Court handed down judgement in R (on the application of Maguire) (Appellant) v His Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool & Fylde and another (Respondents), the appeal of an inquest into the death of a vulnerable woman subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (“DoLS”) order. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court dismissed …
