Laura P. Shelton, Author at Ridouts Solicitors

Do CQC’s enforcement procedures Require Improvement?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

CQC has published its annual report and accounts for 2018/2019. This includes their performance summary and analysis benchmarked against its four strategic priorities to: Encourage improvement, innovation and sustainability in care Deliver an intelligence-driven approach to regulation Promote a single shared view of quality Improve our efficiency and effectiveness In respect of priority one, CQC …

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Ridout Report – May 2019 – Registering the Right Support Revisited. CQC announces plans to change its controversial LD Registration guidance

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

CQC has announced that there is to be a review of the Registering the Right Support guidance “to ensure that its principles are clear and its aims are achieved.” This is welcome news for the sector and will hopefully lead to increased clarity for all concerned. However, it will be too little too late for …

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Drink and Drug News – May 2019 – CQC Roll out New Factual Accuracy Process – the main changes for providers

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

My colleagues have written in previous issues of DDN about the importance of submitting comprehensive Factual Accuracy Comments (FACs) to your CQC inspection report if you consider that the report and/or rating is not a true reflection of your service. Most recently, one of my colleagues set out some of the changes proposed by the …

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HSJ – February 2019 – Not Registering the Right Support to Transform Care

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

As the clock ticks down towards the end of the Transforming Care Programme in March 2019, there is widespread concern the Programme has been unsuccessful in realising the ambitions set out in the Building the Right Support strategy. These ambitions, rooted in the wake of Winterbourne View and similar scandals, were to develop more community …

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Centurion Health Care Limited v CQC [2018] 3264.EA – First Tier Tribunal Concludes CQC did not exercise its discretion appropriately in applying Registering the Right Support Guidance

News / By Laura P. Shelton

In August this year I wrote of my growing concern about the CQC’s rigid approach to registration of services for people with learning disabilities/autism. (https://ridout-law.com/ridout-report-august-2018-not-registering-the-right-support/) My concerns were around the CQC’s apparent failure to properly exercise its discretion when applying the Registering the Right Support guidance to registration applications. The experience of many of our …

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Ridout Report August 2018 – Not Registering the Right Support

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

The House of Commons recently debated the future of the Transforming Care programme[1]. Concerns were raised that the Programme was unlikely to realise the ambitions set out in the Building the Right Support strategy before it ends in 2019. These ambitions are to develop more community services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism, who …

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Ridout Report August 2018 – Not Registering the Right Support

The Ridout Report / By Laura P. Shelton

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Does CQC’s Amended Guidance Require Improvement? As published in Healthcare Business Magazine July 2018

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Last month CQC announced that they had updated their guidance on “How CQC monitors inspects and regulates adult social care services”. This document replaced the old Provider handbooks in November 2017. Of particular interest is the addition of a new section to the guidance setting out CQC’s position with regard to services repeatedly rated as …

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Ensuring Compliance – As published in Care Talk – April 2018

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Ensuring Compliance – CQC Inspections Inspections are at the heart of CQC’s model for ensuring compliance and will remain so as indicated in in their strategy for 2016 to 2021. Inspections can be a nerve wracking experience, but they don’t have to be. They are your opportunity to demonstrate compliance and show off how good …

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CQC and the imposition of conditions of registration – Caring Times – January 2018

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

In its strategy for 2016/2021 CQC undertook to continue to use the full range of its enforcement powers, such as restrictions or closure of services, fixed penalty notices or prosecution where they find poor care below the Fundamental Standards. Its business plan for 2017/2018 identified “the proportion of newly registered providers where we take a …

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