The Archbishop of Canterbury claimed social care was the most pressing issue facing the UK in his New Year message. This was followed by the Church of England’s Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care publishing a report titled ‘Care and Support Reimagined: a National Care Covenant for England’ on 24 January 2023. The report consisted of …
The CQC have announced some changes to their approach to inspection in adult social care in response to the pressures that the sector is currently experiencing. Notably, the CQC has said that they will, “Increase the number of inspections of care homes and homecare agencies with a current rating of requires improvement. Inspections will be …
On 18 January Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief iInspector, spoke at the annual lecture about how Ofsted and the education sector uses research. In this speech, Ms Spielman outlined the main reasons why Ofsted uses research and how that research is used during the inspection process. This comes after Ofsted’s announcement during an invite-only meeting with …
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Ofsted admitted during an invite-only meeting with the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) that its complaint policy is not working and will be reviewed. In the 2021-22 year only 17% of complaints had aspects upheld – the lowest in eight years. Ofsted is now reviewing its complaints policy to see how it can be improved. …
My colleague recently wrote an article on the Government’s plans to block-beds in care homes in order to ease pressures on the NHS. Unsurprisingly, the care sector has not responded favourably to this. Chief Executive of Care England, Martin Green, has stated that care homes will need at least £1500 per bed per week to …
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As we move into a less restrictive post-COVID-19 world, providers will want to be vigilant about infection, prevention and control (“IPC”) measures. The Government has announced numerous changes in the last year which greatly reduced the burden on providers when it came to IPC measures, including removing regular mandatory COVID-19 testing and facemask requirements in …
Living in a Post COVID-19 Society – What Restrictions Remain? Read More »
Five care home workers alleged that they were unlawfully dismissed in 2021 because they refused to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine. However, a tribunal in Leeds found that dismissing the staff was lawful due to the danger that failure to get vaccinated would pose to the elderly and vulnerable residents in their places of work. Notably, …
It has been estimated that Welsh local authorities and health boards will received an estimated £70 million to implement a real living wage uplift. This will bring wages up to £10.90 per hour from June 2023. The uplift will benefit registered workers in care homes and domiciliary care for both children and adults. It will …
Care Workers in Wales due to Receive Real Living Wages in 2023 Read More »
It is always worrying when you receive a letter from the CQC that states it has decided to cancel your registration, suspend your registration, or impose conditions on your registration, which in effect, will prevent you as a provider from conducting business. At Ridouts we have received numerous calls from panicked providers about the effects …
Notices of Decision – Using the Appeal Process to your Advantage Read More »
Research by Care Home Professional has revealed that in the last five years there has been an increasing number of health and social care providers rated as Requires Improvement and Inadequate. Care Home Professional analysed CQC data and found the following: The total number of total ratings have nearly halved from 2019 (pre-pandemic) to 2020 …
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