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Considering CQC’s report on ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ decisions

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

In March 2021, CQC published a report titled, “Protect, respect, connect – decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19: CQC’s review of ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic”. The report was published following CQC’s review of ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (“DNACPR”) decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. A copy of …

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Infection Prevention Control and the CQC – for Care Home Professional

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

In August 2020, CQC introduced specific Infection Prevention Control (“IPC”) inspections. IPC continues to be a current ‘hot topic’ of interest to CQC and it tends to be inspected under Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and assessed as part of CQC’s key question, ‘Is your service …

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Letters of Intent – A serious threat from the CQC – as published in Caring Times

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

Over the past 2 to 3 years we have witnessed an increasing distaste from the CQC for any form of challenge to their decisions in relation to care services. Added to this the CQC have shown a strong preference to follow registration and enforcement action based on their own devised practices and procedures rather than …

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AN UPDATE: Considering the issue of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for health and social care workers

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

UPDATE: This article has been updated since it was first published on 4 January 2021 and since it was updated on 18 January 2021. The time of writing this article is 23 March 2021. During a December 2020 Ridouts’ webinar (Videos – Ridouts Solicitors) a healthcare provider asked the question, “Do you think it will …

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Undertaking Due Diligence – Why it pays to do your homework

Articles & Publications / By Caroline Barker

They say buying and selling a property is one of the most stressful things you can do in life. Now imagine buying or selling a health or social care business where several 10’s or 100’s of people are reliant on good care being provided or money being in their pay packet at the end of …

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Our GP Practice has received a Section 31 Letter of Intent from CQC – what should we do? As published on GP Online

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

At Ridouts, we are seeing an increase in the use of ‘letters of intent’ as the CQC moves away from timetabled inspections towards a more risk based approach. A letter of intent indicates that the CQC has concerns about a service. The will say that the regulator is considering whether to use its powers pursuant …

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Staffing in social care: The cornerstone of compliance

Articles & Publications / By Jenny Wilde

To say it’s been a tough year would be a shameful understatement. The health and social care sector has been tested like never before. Day after day we have been presented with harrowing statistics on how COVID-19 has tightened its grip on the world but amongst the bad news and escalating fear, we have seen …

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What has happened to the CQC’s Transitional Monitoring Approach?

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

In the wake of the pandemic, the CQC changed its entire approach to inspections in order to limit inspectors “crossing the threshold”. The CQC initiated remote monitoring through initial conversations with Providers which could result in a site visit if the CQC had concerns, and enforcement action if the CQC found the service to be …

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CQC’s draft consultation strategy for 2021 and smarter regulation – has much changed?

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

As published in Caring Times – February 2021 On 7 January 2021, CQC published a formal consultation paper on its new draft strategy that it aims to implement over the next five years. CQC acknowledged that the pandemic has forced the health and social care sector to think differently and stated that the purpose of …

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CQC Strategy Consultation on Inspections and Ratings – Will more flexible mean better?

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

As part of its 2021 strategy, the CQC has published a consultation which promises a significant shift in its approach to inspections and ratings. This article does not explore these proposals nor the merits of them in detail (although, for future reference we do think there will be a lot to say) but in short, …

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