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 …
What is involved in the appeals process? The appeal process is a long and intense road. It is important that Providers have an idea of what they are entering into before embarking on an appeal. Prospects of success depends on the case. However, what is evident is there is not one way to succeed at …
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The Government has consulted on and proposed that the law will be changed so that 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 received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccination. This may be welcomed news …
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The inspector’s call is very different now to what it was pre-COVID. Gone are the days when CQC inspectors turned up at the door and spent the day, or a couple of days, looking at various aspects of a service. It has now become the norm for the CQC to carry out the majority of …
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Last month the Supreme Court ruled that care providers do not have to pay staff the National Minimum Wage when working ‘sleep-in’ shifts. Reports of the Low Pay Commission (“LPC’) were considered in great detail by the Supreme Court. Both Mencap and UNISON, who were on opposing sides during the case, are now calling upon …
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