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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 …

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

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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CQC has been placing an ever increasing focus on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) as part of its inspection process ever since the Supreme Court judgement of Cheshire West turned providers’ perceptions of DoLS upside down.  It is now over a year since the controversial Cheshire West judgement was made but what progress has …

Healthcare Business: Article One year on from Cheshire West – where does the sector stand? Read More »

Corporate Manslaughter: with convictions on the rise, are you vulnerable? The enactment of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (the “Act”) was seen as a landmark change in the law – for the first time, companies and organisations could be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting …

HSJ Channel, Insight and Influence: Corporate Manslaughter: with convictions on the rise, are you vulnerable? Read More »

The care sector is still reeling from the fallout from scandals such as Winterbourne View which exposed many negative care issues such as service users being admitted to hospitals when they should be catered for in their own homes or a care home and it is clear in the most recent Government report entitled Winterbourne …

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CQC has inspected your home.  You wait to receive the draft report.  You wait and you wait. You wait some more.  Finally the draft report arrives and it is not good news, your rating is unfavourable.  But your draft report has arrived three months after the inspection.  Your Home is not the same as it …

Healthcare Business: “Out of date” inspection reports – is it in the public interest to publish? Read More »

CQC published ‘information’ for providers on the use of covert and overt surveillance on 16 December 2014.  This article discusses that information, and explores some of the problems raised by it. The Information Published by CQC The document specifically states that it is not attempting to give ‘guidance’ or ‘legal advice’ to providers on whether …

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