In a recent case – Mr Yuri Kazlouski v CQC – the First-tier Tribunal has criticised CQC’s procedures in assessing applicants for registration. CQC had refused the application of Mr Kazlouski to be registered as a manager. He appealed the decision and the hearing was heard on 1 and 2 May 2012. His appeal was …
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CQC is issuing warning notices (notices to providers that they are breaching regulatory requirements) at an alarming and unprecedented rate. In 2011/12 CQC issued 638 warning notices to providers, the vast majority in the second half of the year. In most cases, CQC goes on to publish press releases about the warning notices it issues. …
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This month saw one of the least surprising developments in the social care sector in recent years: the resignation of Cynthia Bower as Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission. Her tenure must surely be rated as one of the least successful public appointments in recent history. She was at the helm when CQC’s inspection …
HSJ Insight, Influence Channel: CQC published its response Read More »
This week, CQC published its response to its consultation on changes to its proposals for the Judgement Framework and Enforcement Policy. Alongside that, CQC published new versions of each of the documents which include significant changes in the way CQC exercises its powers. This article explores the changes and what they mean for providers. The …
Care Agenda: CQC Publishes New Enforcement Policy and Judgment Framework Read More »
Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012, Monitor (until now the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts) will have a new role as sector regulator for health and, at a later date to be agreed, for adult social care. To provide NHS-funded services, providers will need to be registered with CQC and licensed by …
CQC has announced that it will be conducting 250 unannounced inspections on homecare services over the next three months as part of a thematic review of the sector. While this will lead to a national report on homecare, each service that is inspected will be issued with an individual report. Those providers who are deemed …
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In the Sefton judgment last year, the Local Authority’s decision to freeze fees for residential care was quashed on the basis that it had not considered the actual cost of care when setting the usual price it would pay providers. That decision was the high point of the campaign by providers and representative bodies to …
Care Agenda: Price Bidding for Contracts – the New Battleground for Fair Fees Read More »
Late last year, CQC announced that it was going to carry out themed inspections of 250 home care providers in addition to planned reviews. The themed inspections will start in April 2012 and will look at: · Respecting and involving people who use services; · Care and welfare of people who use services; and · …
Monday 9.00am: a Fire Safety Officer appears and asks to see your fire safety records. Ten minutes later, a Contracts Officer arrives from the Local Authority asking to see care plans including Mental Capacity Assessments. After another quarter of an hour, two CQC Inspectors arrive with a Pharmacy Inspector. The Inspectors also want to look …
Care Talk: Duplication of Regulation – A Guide for Frustrated Providers Read More »
Jonny Landau considers what the Sefton judgment means for the care sector. Following a year of unprecedented challenges to the care sector, a High Court judgment on fees offers a welcome ray of hope. The Sefton Care Association and several of its member care homes successfully challenged Sefton Council’s decision to freeze care home fees …
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