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Professional Discipline: ‘The Burden Of Old Cases And Timeliness’

Articles & Publications, News / By Nicola Wheater

A Roundup of the Professional Standards Authority’s Performance Reviews for 2021/2022 It’s that time of the year again. The time when the Professional Standards Authority (“PSA”) completes its annual review of all ten statutory healthcare regulators for the preceding year and publicly critiques their performance. Essentially, highlighting the concerns which registrants and their legal representatives …

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The Power of Good Governance

Articles & Publications, News / By Samantha Guest

The words “we received concerns…” can often be found in an inspection report from the CQC. These illusive and ill-defined ‘concerns’ often form the basis for an inspection. This inspection may mark the beginning of a period of CQC scrutiny; this scrutiny may lead to enforcement action such as the issuing of a Warning Notice …

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The Importance of Consumer Law Obligations in Social Care: Transparency

Articles & Publications / By Jennifer Durbin

An often overlooked, but fundamental, aspect of the social care industry is consumer law, particularly in relation to the contractual relationship between provider and service user where the services are privately funded. At its core, social care is a contractual relationship between consumer (i.e. service users) and trader (i.e. providers). As such, providers who enter …

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CQC prosecutions and fines are on the rise

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

If you are faced with a CQC criminal investigation into you or your service it is vital that you take prompt action. The CQC is becoming heavier handed in the fines that it dishes out to providers. Furthermore, the fact that some offences are punishable by imprisonment and that criminal enforcement action is likely to …

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Standing Firm: The Art Of Being A Health And Social Care Provider

Articles & Publications / By Jenny Wilde

Running a health and social care service has never been for the faint of heart – but difficult economic and political times bring new problems to providers in the sector. At Ridouts we see it as part of our job to empower providers to stand up for their services and demand fairness and a reasonable …

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Professional Discipline: A Change In Name Alone? The NMC’s Replacement Of Voluntary Removal With Agreed Removal

Articles & Publications, News / By Nicola Wheater

This week, the Nursing & Midwifery Council (“NMC”) announced their decision to introduce ‘agreed removal’ for nurses, midwives and nursing associates (“registrants”) replacing the previously known process of ‘voluntary removal’. Voluntary removal As readers will be aware, voluntary removal was the process by which registrants applied to voluntarily remove themselves from the NMC register for …

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What To Expect From The CQC In 2023

Articles & Publications, News / By Anna Lemmer

In April 2023, the CQC published an update in relation to what providers can expect for the rest of 2023 in terms of its new regulatory approach and new single assessment framework. In its update, the CQC stated that it has been reorganising its internal operational teams and that whilst this is taking place, staff …

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Government Confirms Commitment To Licensing Of The Non-Surgical Aesthetics Sector

Articles & Publications, News / By Nicola Wheater

The Government has reconfirmed its commitment to the licensing of the non-surgical aesthetics sector in England. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy, Maria Caulfield stated that “departmental officials will work as quickly as possible to introduce the licensing scheme and will consider all the important areas.” As readers will be …

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An Update In Relation To The CQC’s Registration Service

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

In January 2023, in recognition of the pressures faced by the NHS during the winter, the CQC published its ‘Response to winter pressures’ which involved the CQC adjusting its regulatory activity to, “enable health and social care staff to carry on providing safe, high-quality care over winter months in the face of existing pressures”. As a …

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Getting Rid Of A Poor CQC Rating

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

Providers often find it difficult to shake off a poor CQC rating. Once the CQC has downgraded a service’s rating it often takes more than one inspection for the rating to be upgraded. In this article I explore the difficulties providers face to get the CQC to re-inspect and re-rate their service, in light of …

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