Mandatory vaccinations of workers in the wider health and social care settings From 1 April 2022 providers registered with the CQC must ensure that anyone they employ or engage to carry out direct and face-to-face CQC-regulated activities must prove that they: meet the vaccination requirements are exempt from vaccination fall within the other exceptions New …
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) will be taking evidence as part of a new inquiry into protecting human rights in care settings. On 12 January 2022 the Committee will hear from residents’ family members, representatives of campaign groups Rights for Residents, Age UK and the Relatives and Residents Association. The new inquiry will …
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The draft regulations, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 was made into law* yesterday and as reported in my article the grace period before the regulations applying to the healthcare sector commenced. It is important for providers to note that the new legislation makes further amendments to …
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The Department of Health and Social Care has commissioned KPMG to review the healthcare regulatory landscape and to make recommendations on whether the regulatory system can be simplified and the number of healthcare regulators reduced. The review will look at the following independent healthcare regulators: General Medical Council Nursing and Midwifery Council General Optical Council …
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From 1 April 2022 registered persons of healthcare settings can only employ, or otherwise engage, a person in respect of a CQC regulated activity if the person provides evidence that they have been vaccinated against coronavirus or is subject to certain exemptions. This policy provides parity between healthcare and social care, given that it has …
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There will be some changes with CQC’s regulatory approach from January 2022. The CQC: Is aiming to complete 1000 infection prevention control (IPC) inspections. Aims to respond rapidly to requests to set up new Designated Settings. With the aim of creating additional capacity in the system, will inspect registered services who have not yet been …
Proposals regarding the cap on care costs have changed a number of times and it has been hard for everyone to keep up. What has been harder is to work out how everyone is affected by the proposals from care providers to those in need of care. On 7 September 2021, the Government set out …
The main focus of 2021 in tackling COVID-19 has been the vaccination programme. At the start of the year, we all anticipated the COVID-19 vaccination becoming mandatory. It became a reality on 11 November 2021 when the COVID-19 vaccination became mandatory for anyone entering a care home in a work capacity. In my latest article …
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In July I wrote about mandatory vaccinations in the Health and Social Care sector. At that time the new regulations were recently approved changing the law whereby a provider of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered care home which provides accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care, can only deploy staff who have …
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The CQC is being called to take action against care homes who do not facilitate family and friends visiting residents. This is part of an overarching campaign by the Joint Committee on Human Rights to get the government to review its guidelines so that “meaningful visits are facilitated by care providers, subject to individualised risk …
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