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UPDATED: Considering the issue of mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

During a December 2020 Ridouts’ webinar (Videos – Ridouts Solicitors) a healthcare provider asked the question, “Do you think it will become mandatory for staff to have a COVID-19 vaccination to be able to work in a care home?” This is an interesting question and one that is on the mind of many providers now …

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Managing Safeguarding Investigations

Articles & Publications / By Jenny Wilde

Safeguarding allegations are a hazard of the job when you work in health and social care. At Ridouts we are approached regularly by providers who are overwhelmed, frustrated or simply confused about complex safeguarding investigations. Processes to report and manage allegations and then fully investigate them are in place in order to protect vulnerable people. …

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

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

During a recent Ridouts’ webinar (Videos – Ridouts Solicitors) a healthcare provider asked the question, “Do you think it will become mandatory for staff to have a COVID-19 vaccination to be able to work in a care home?” This is an interesting question and one that is on the mind of many providers now that …

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Let’s keep regulators and Tribunals to their correct remit

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

Over recent years we have seen the growth of statutory tribunals with panels comprised of a legally qualified chairperson and selected experts to determine a variety of a specialised issues. It is not clear whether this is born from a desire to relieve mainstream courts of workload, or to speed dispute resolution in specialised cases, …

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A Word of Warning about CQC Warning Notices

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

In October 2020 my colleague, Caroline Barker, wrote about the CQC’s new transitional regulatory approach, the shift to inspections based on risk, and how this could impact GP practices. One of the identified risks of this new approach is that of conclusions, informed by non-triangulated or incorrect evidence arising out of inspections carried out without …

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Warning Notices – “Fake News”?

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

HSJ reported last week upon CQC having taken enforcement action against an NHS Trust by the issue of a Warning Notice. A Warning Notice is a step which records that the regulator believes that evidence to the criminal standard (beyond reasonable doubt) is established which justifies the prosecution of the provider (in this case a …

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What if the CQC tries to cancel your registration?

Articles & Publications / By Caroline Barker

It can happen and does happen. The CQC can cancel your registration. It could be one location, it could be your entire registration. The CQC might stop you from trading by a number of means: asking a magistrate court to cancel your registration with immediate effect; serving a piece of paper on you urgently which …

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No-deal Brexit – what can care providers expect?

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

The clock is ticking on the UK’s exit from Europe. As things stand, and assuming the government isn’t able to agree an extension to the transition agreement, this will come to an automatic end at midnight on 31 December 2020 and the UK will leave Europe without a deal. What impact will a “no-deal” Brexit …

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LPS update: The removal of the Care Home Manager role & the draft regulations

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

On 16 July 2020, the Government announced that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (“LPS”) which were due to be implemented on 1 October 2020 would be delayed until April 2022. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (“MC(A)A 2019”), introduced the LPS to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (“DoLS”). The LPS will authorise deprivation of liberty …

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Winter is Coming – Will it Bring Increased CQC Enforcement Action? As published in Caring Times

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

On 18 September 2020, the Government published its ‘Covid-19 Winter Plan 2020 to 2021’ setting out the national support for the adult social care sector in England to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). It contains a number of support measures and is accompanied by a welcome commitment to provide over £500million of additional funding …

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