Laura P. Shelton, Author at Ridouts Solicitors

CQC publishes its review of DNACPR decisions during COVID-19

The CQC has today published its review and recommendations following the special review it conducted into concerns that ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (DNACPR) decisions were being applied to groups of people, rather than taking into account each person’s individual circumstances during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Concerns included that that DNACPR decisions were being made …

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Supreme Court “sleep-in” case judgment due this week

News / By Laura P. Shelton

The highly anticipated “sleep- in judgment”, Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake, will be handed down by the Supreme Court on Friday this week (19 March 2021). This will provide clarity on the issue of whether care workers who ‘sleep in’ are entitled to the national minimum wage for time that is not spent actually performing …

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CQC’s Consultation on “Changes for Flexible Regulation”- What could it mean for Providers?

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

January 2021 saw the release of two important consultation documents by the CQC. The first was its consultation on its strategy from 2021 and beyond which has now closed. The second, and the subject of this article, is its consultation “Changes for Flexible Regulation” which is currently live and open for responses. Both documents set …

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Public urged to consider work in social care

News / By Laura P. Shelton

The government is urging the public to register their interest in taking up short-term paid work in the adult social care sector to help to meet urgent additional staffing requirements. The government state that “the impact of the new COVID-19 variant is being felt across the country and additional staff are urgently needed now to …

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Additional funding released to support social care staffing and testing

News / By Laura P. Shelton

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced further funding for the Social care sector to boost staffing levels and testing. The funding is aimed at protecting and supporting staff and residents in care homes and those receiving help in their own homes. £120m of the fund is in addition to the …

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CQC inspection and monitoring update

News / By Laura P. Shelton

Recognising the increased pressure on health and social care at present, CQC have announced that, for the time being, they will continue to only undertake inspection activity in response to a serious risk of harm or where it supports the system’s response to the pandemic. What this means for providers of health and social care …

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A Word of Warning about CQC Warning Notices

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

In October 2020 my colleague, Caroline Barker, wrote about the CQC’s new transitional regulatory approach, the shift to inspections based on risk, and how this could impact GP practices. One of the identified risks of this new approach is that of conclusions, informed by non-triangulated or incorrect evidence arising out of inspections carried out without …

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Winter is Coming – Will it Bring Increased CQC Enforcement Action? As published in Caring Times

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

On 18 September 2020, the Government published its ‘Covid-19 Winter Plan 2020 to 2021’ setting out the national support for the adult social care sector in England to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). It contains a number of support measures and is accompanied by a welcome commitment to provide over £500million of additional funding …

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CQC rolls out its Transitional Regulatory Approach for ASC Services – As published in Care Home Management Magazine

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

CQC has announced that, from 6 October 2020, it will roll out its Transitional Regulatory Approach (TRA) to Adult Social Care services. The TRA is the way CQC will continue to inspect and regulate services through the next stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. It follows on from the Emergency Support Framework (ESF) initiated in response …

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