By now GP practices will be used to the familiar feeling of the arrival of a team of CQC inspectors. A nervous couple of days will follow where every aspect of the practice is run over with a fine tooth comb. Data will be scrutinised, patient experience analysed and key staff members interviewed. The inspection …
Practice makes perfect: How to manage CQC inspections Read More »
As a part of its regulatory obligations and in the interests of aiding the SRA’s work on equality, diversity and inclusion, Ridouts Professional Services Ltd now publishes its own equality and diversity statistics. This information has also been submitted to the SRA for its consideration. This data can be found here: Ridouts ED Data 2021
Whilst going through a regulatory inspection can be a stressful and high pressured situation, coping with the resultant draft report can be equally challenging. Inspection reports are essentially the most compelling piece of marketing for any health or social care service and so the contents of any inspection report ought to accurately reflect what the …
I’ve lost count of the number of calls that Ridouts has received from panicked health and social care providers over the years, anxious about an alien piece of correspondence that has just landed in their inbox from CQC, Ofsted or any other regulator. The wording can be confusing to a provider that has never faced …
The Notice of Proposal: a forgone conclusion or a meaningful last chance saloon? Read More »
To say it’s been a tough year would be a shameful understatement. The health and social care sector has been tested like never before. Day after day we have been presented with harrowing statistics on how COVID-19 has tightened its grip on the world but amongst the bad news and escalating fear, we have seen …
Staffing in social care: The cornerstone of compliance Read More »
Safeguarding allegations are a hazard of the job when you work in health and social care. At Ridouts we are approached regularly by providers who are overwhelmed, frustrated or simply confused about complex safeguarding investigations. Processes to report and manage allegations and then fully investigate them are in place in order to protect vulnerable people. …
It has been an unforgettable few months for all of us. The profile of our world has changed forever and we have quickly adapted to connecting and working in ways that we never have before. For the majority, we have been lucky. We have been able to carry on with some semblance of normality with …
Past the peak: Why the fairytale ending will have to wait for the social care sector Read More »
This updated guidance aims to support planning and preparation in the event of an outbreak or widespread transmission of COVID-19. It can be found here. It should be considered by local authorities, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and registered providers of accommodation for people who need personal or nursing care. This includes registered residential care and …
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced yesterday that further mandatory training will be introduced for all care and health staff who deal with patients with learning disabilities and autism. The Government plans to review current training and awareness and determine what additional training may be necessary before it makes changes to the law. …
Safeguarding investigations can be incredibly stressful and difficult times for providers of health and social care services. Any allegations involving vulnerable people will always, and understandably, expose providers to intense scrutiny. Such investigations are very difficult to manage and can lead to revelations that health and social care providers have abused those they look after. …
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