Within the recent case of ‘An application by Patricia Downey for Judicial Review’ [2022] NICA 67, the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland determined that a Coroner had demonstrated bias and prematurely predetermined the engagement of Article 2 before the commencement of an inquest. Background By way of background, Ms Downey’s daughter died in 2017 …
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The CQC is changing its approach to how it regulates GP practices. My colleague, Gemma Nicholas, recently wrote an article outlining the CQC’s new strategy and regulatory approach and what this might mean for practices. The CQC has released further detail on how it intends to assess providers within its new regulatory model; including its …
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It is common knowledge within the health and social care sector that an inspection by the CQC is accompanied by an inspection report. This inspection report, whether challenged by way of factual accuracy comments, or not, is eventually published on the CQC’s website for the purpose of public viewing. For information on how to challenge …
In an attempt to tackle the health and social care workforce crisis, the Government made commitments to the sector in 2021, through aiding the building of a skilled workforce, planning for the workforce and the wellbeing of the people at work. Earlier this month, the panel, who is comprised of medical experts, evaluated a scattering …
Our webinar for Adult Social Care Providers saw Gemma Nichols assess mandatory vaccinations and the monitoring approach of the CQC, as well as Paul Ridout tackling the issue of funding reform within the sector.
Our lawyers Anna-Maria Lemmer and Maddi Gaunt considered the development of CQC’s new strategy and monitoring approach, as well as how to handle CQC inspections
Social care sector providers in England are continuing to struggle to recruit and retain staff, with more jobs unfilled now (8.2%) than prior to the pandemic (8%). These figures are provided by the leading industry body ‘Skills for Care’ in a report published on October 13th 2021. The reason for this significant impact on the …
Introduction In the latest 2020-2021 healthcare professional regulators whistleblowing report, whistleblowing disclosures have risen to 192 from 107 in the previous year. This substantial increase has largely been attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, but is also indicative of a rising trend of whistleblowing within the health and social care sector, due to a growing divide …
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Ridouts’ team members, Samantha and Gemma, looked at CQC strategy and the issue of mandatory vaccinations in this webinar.
The Ridouts team looks at recent developments coming from the CQC. Watch it here:
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