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Healthcare Business: CQC’s new strategy of collaboration

In the context of the upcoming spending review, CQC has published a consultation paper “Building on Strong Foundations – shaping the future of health and care quality regulation” (“BSF”) aimed at developing a new strategy for 2016-21. CQC’s strategy for 2013-16 contained fundamental changes to the way it regulates the health and social care sector …

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HSJ Channel Insight and Influence: Corporate Manslaughter: The stakes are high

In January 2016 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust will go on trial for corporate manslaughter in respect of a death of a patient following an emergency caesarean section at the Pembury Hospital in October 2012.  The Trust has been charged alongside two anaesthetists who have been charged in their individual capacity with gross negligence …

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Healthcare Business: Are you ready for the revised Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections?

In July 2015, the Department of Health (DoH) updated its Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. The Code applies to registered providers of all healthcare and adult social care in England and it reflects the changes required to meet The …

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HSJ Channel Insight and Influence: Challenging CQC ratings – a system stacked against the provider

The grounds for requesting reviews of ratings are very limited. A rating review involves examining whether CQC has followed its published guidance in awarding ratings. It is emphasised in the CQC guidance that challenges to the judgements and the evidence these are based on should be made during the factual accuracy stage which follows the …

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Care Talk: Person-Centred Care, achieving compliance with the new Regulation

In April 2015 the new Regulated Activities Regulations came into force.  Whilst the majority of the new Regulations mirror the old regulations to a certain extent, there have also been some significant changes to the law.  One of these significant changes has been the inclusion of the new Regulation 9, person-centred care.  Whilst this was …

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Expert Care Manager: Challenging CQC inspection ratings

Following the roll-out of CQC’s rating system and the new Regulated Activities Regulations that came into force in April 2015, CQC is allocating new ratings for providers at an ever increasing speed.  At the time of writing this article, CQC has published ratings for 3707 care homes.  Of these, only 12 have been rated as …

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