Laura P. Shelton, Author at Ridouts Solicitors

National Institute for Health Protection replaces Public Health England

Following criticism of how Public Health England has handled the coronavirus pandemic, today, 18 August 2020, Matt Hancock has unveiled the National Institute for Health Protection, to replace Public Health England, to defend UK from infectious diseases and biological weapons. The Government has said: “The National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) will bring together the …

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Councils to be incentivised to discharge LD and autism patients from mental health settings into the community

News / By Laura P. Shelton

The Government has today (16 July 2020) announced that £62 million of funding will be given to local councils to accelerate discharge of patients with learning disabilities or autism (or both) from mental health hospitals into the community. Named the Community Discharge Fund, the funding will help to move people with learning disabilities and autistic …

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DHSC issues version 2 of its guidance on “Admission and Care of Residents in a Care Home during COVID-19

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Introduction & Previous Guidance This is the fourth article I have written examining the developing Government guidance on the issue of admissions into care homes during the COVID- 19 pandemic. On Friday 19 June 2019, the government issued an updated version (v.2.) of its Guidance “Admission and Care of Residents in a Care Home during …

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CQC’s Emergency Support Framework for Adult Social Care

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Since the 1 May when details of the Emergency Support Framework (“ESF”) were first published, the CQC has been hosting a series of webinars to further explain to Providers what the Framework is and how it will work in practice. This article summarises some of the main points raised and aims to give Providers some insight …

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Getting the Facts (and Ratings) Straight – CQC’s Factual Accuracy Process

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

Whilst the majority of CQC inspections have been put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, this will not remain the case forever. When inspections re-start there will inevitably be a backlog which could lead to reports being rushed, less detailed and more prone to error. Incorrect or misleading information in CQC inspection reports can be …

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How does the COVID-19 Action Plan for Social Care affect admissions to Care Homes?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

This is now my third article examining developing Government guidance and how it impacts the issue of admissions into care homes during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Yesterday, the Social Care sector took centre stage at the Government daily briefing as Matt Hancock revealed a number of headline promises for the sector. More detail on these …

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Admitting service users into care settings during the COVID-19 crisis – what does the guidance say?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Earlier this week I wrote an article considering the question of whether a Care Home can be compelled to accept the discharge of a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19. In that article (found here) I submitted that the Government guidance “Coronavirus (Covid-19): hospital discharge service requirements” (published on 19 March 2020) does not …

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Can a Care Home be compelled to accept the discharge of a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Over the weekend, how Care Homes are dealing with admissions of patients being discharged from NHS hospitals has been highlighted in the media. There has been some criticism of Care Homes refusing to accept patients discharged from NHS Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of issues feed into the debate around this. These include: …

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How is the CQC compounding the factors which have led to the Government facing legal action over failing people with learning disabilities and autism?

News / By Laura P. Shelton

The Government is now facing legal action over its repeated failure to move people with learning disabilities and autism into appropriate accommodation. Yesterday, the Equality and Human Rights Commission issued a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Health arguing that the DHSC has breached the ECHR for failing to meet the targets set …

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CQC’s new draft Registering the Right Support guidance – A missed opportunity for clarity and yet another consultation blunder?

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

In May 2019, CQC announced that there was to be a review of its Registering the Right Support guidance “to ensure that its principles are clear and its aims are achieved.” This began with a scoping exercise in May 2019 where CQC sought stakeholder views on a number of issues including: the definitions of ‘campus’ …

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