In yesterday’s daily briefing, the Heath Secretary Matt Hancock said he was “determined” to ensure everyone who needed a test had access to one. It is all very well showing determination to have “access” to testing for care staff in theory, but will it work in practice? And will it be too little too late? …
The CQC has been changing the way it works in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Routine inspections have been suspended and work has been focused on more urgent matters. However, their regulatory obligations have not fallen away. Dr Kevin Cleary, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals gave a public statement on the CQC’s website on 8 …
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The CQC have been updating its guidance to providers on a rolling basis as the coronavirus pandemic develops. Under the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009, providers are required to make statutory notifications to the CQC when certain events happen at a service. The CQC’s coronavirus guidance on their website currently confirms that an instance …
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The CQC yesterday published the Report it commissioned in summer 2019, in response to the Whorlton Hall scandal. Professor Glynis Murphy’s report makes very interesting reading, but disappointingly is it a little lack-lustre in identifying where the CQC might have done things better. The Report does accept “in hindsight” that things could have been done …
As we have recently reported, the CQC are engaged in a project of reviewing and updating their guidance for providers of health and care services to people with learning disabilities and autism. The previous guidance, entitled Registering the Right Support (RTRS) was issued by the CQC under its statutory powers to issue formal guidance to …
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The Paterson Inquiry was established following the conviction of Ian Paterson, a doctor suspected to have harmed more than 1,000 patients, who was eventually convicted of 17 counts of wounding with intent and 3 counts of unlawful wounding. The Inquiry, chaired by the Right Reverend Graham James was tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding Mr …
The CQC are currently consulting on proposed new guidance for Providers of services to autistic people and people with a learning disability. They have published the draft text of the new guidance, plus a set of case studies, and are seeking views from the sector before these are finalised. The CQC proposes to issue this …
At the end of last week the CQC finally issued a statement on its website concerning the recent issue we have reported on, which has led to the withdrawal of inspection reports and ratings, and re-inspection of services in the North and London. The statement confirms our understanding that this relates to duplicate material in …
The results of the Alzheimer’s Society research into NHS emergency hospital admissions in the six years up to 2017/2018 have been widely reported this week. The research finds that approximately 25% of patients had dementia of some form recorded on admission, a rise of almost a quarter since 2012/2013. Some of this increase may be …
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The Care Inspectorate, the national regulator for care services in Scotland released its quarterly figures last week. The third quarter figures 2019/2020, which include data up to the end of December 2019, indicate that whilst complaints to the regulator are on the rise, enforcement action remains relatively static. The number of complaints received by the …
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