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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In yet another manifesto breaking announcement, Boris has stated that there will be a new levy which increases national insurance tax and dividends tax by 1.25% each. This will be done in order to raise nearly £36 billion for the health and social care sector over the next three years. According to PM Johnson the …
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:
This webinar discusses the CQC update, including what we have learned about the Transitional Monitoring Approach so far from director, Jenny Wilde; theMental Capacity Act 2005 and the Liberty Protection Safeguards from Associate Solicitor Anna-Marie Lemmer; and Lessons learned from COVID-19 and the way forward with Director, Paul Ridout.
Ridouts’ team members, Caroline and Maddi, considered the ways in which providers might become involved in inquests, how to manage this process and the associated risks and potential consequences such as Prevention of Future Deaths reports and civil or criminal claims.
This webinar explored the meaning, risks and consequences of being subjected to a safeguarding investigation with Nythan Smith, and Paul Ridout, Director of Ridouts. Find more information and resources from this webinar here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvHjCKVNqOQ&t
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