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How the CQC is supporting Adult Social Care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

For the last couple of weeks the CQC has appeared not to be doing much other than having conversations with government bodies. Kate Terroni’s announcement yesterday, on the back of the Government’s daily briefing appears to illustrate that those conversations have developed into a more concrete plans. Not only has the CQC contributed to the …

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The government is “determined” to test more care workers, but what does that mean, and is it enough?

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

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? …

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CQC on Protecting people’s safety, equality and rights during the coronavirus outbreak

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

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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Coronavirus and DNAR

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

The press are reporting that GPs are intensifying requests/ demands/ advice about the signing of “expressions of wishes”/ advance directives as to advance consent by a patient to staff not attempting resuscitation of patients some but not all of whom may be receiving end of life care. This is a difficult and sensitive area. It …

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Notifications to the CQC during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

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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Admitting service users into care settings during the COVID-19 crisis – what does the guidance say?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Earlier this week I wrote an article considering the question of whether a Care Home can be compelled to accept the discharge of a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19. In that article (found here) I submitted that the Government guidance “Coronavirus (Covid-19): hospital discharge service requirements” (published on 19 March 2020) does not …

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Cutting Corners to combat a crisis– what will the long term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic be on the health and social care sector?

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

With the speed at which this global pandemic is developing, is it accepted that corners will be cut in the health and social care sector and the slack will be picked up at some point in the future? And if so, does the Care Quality Commission have the same view? On 16 March 2020, the …

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COVID-19 – Further guidance from the Chief Coroner for England & Wales regarding inquests

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

Further to my last update regarding inquests, the Chief Coroner for England and Wales has issued further guidance in relation to the COVID-19 situation. This article summarises the main points from the guidance. Chief Coroner Guidance No.34 (dated 26 March 2020) This guidance note acknowledges that the COVID-19 emergency presents a number of challenges for …

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Can a Care Home be compelled to accept the discharge of a patient who has tested positive for COVID-19?

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

Over the weekend, how Care Homes are dealing with admissions of patients being discharged from NHS hospitals has been highlighted in the media. There has been some criticism of Care Homes refusing to accept patients discharged from NHS Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of issues feed into the debate around this. These include: …

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COVID-19 and infection control procedures in care settings during a pandemic

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

As providers will know, CQC tend to inspect infection control under Regulations 12 and 15 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Regulation 12 states that care and treatment must be provided in a safe way for service users and providers are responsible for ‘assessing the risk of, and preventing, …

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