If GP practices are under the illusion that CQC will not be targeting GP practices as much as residential care homes or hospitals then they will need to think again. In fact, at Ridouts, we are not only seeing that GP practices are now a very real focus for CQC but we are also noticing …
On 9 April 2014, CQC issued for consultation its Provider handbooks for residential and community adult social care. The consultation is open until 4 June 2014. The major change being consulted on is the new rating system for providers which is due to be introduced from October this year. Ratings The new ratings system is …
Regulation 10 of the Children’s Homes and Looked After Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013 came into force on 27 January 2014 and introduced a requirement that children’s homes must carry out an annual review to ensure the premises are appropriately and suitably located to ensure that children are effectively safeguarded and able to access …
Fitness of premises: Children’s Homes Location Reviews Read More »
On 27 February 2014, the Department of Health issued its consultation document, “New offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect”. The Government believes that there is a small but significant gap in the existing legislation in relation to the ill-treatment and wilful neglect of adults with capacity. In contrast to adults with full capacity, the Government …
Last September, the DOH hailed the advent of the new draft Fundamental Standards (contained within the new draft 2014 regulations) because the removal, in some instances, of the requirement for CQC to issue a warning notice prior to prosecuting providers was seen as being ‘likely to create a stronger deterrent effect against non-compliance with the …
The new ‘Fundamental Standards’: vague, confusing and flawed Read More »
Since November last year CQC has been issuing fixed penalty notices to providers who have been without a registered manager for more than six months. We have obtained figures from CQC that reveal the following breakdown: · 2 fixed penalty notices in November 2013; · 79 in December 2013; and · 47 in January 2014 …
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Times are tough for care providers, not just in terms of the funding deficit in social care but also because of the inadequate way in which many local authorities exercise their safeguarding and contract monitoring functions. At Ridouts, we come across many local authorities abusing their position of authority in the market to the detriment …
Local authorities behaving badly – the end of partnership working? Read More »
Currently, Monitor is only the Foundation Trust regulator. A new Monitor licensing regime came into effect for Foundation Trusts on 1 April 2013. This will be widened from 1 April 2014 to include the independent sector in relation to NHS funded services. Monitor describes itself as the sector regulator for health care. Its focus is …
This month’s Ridout Report summarises the ways in which CQC says it intends to operate moving forward, particularly in the field of adult social care. This follows the publication by CQC on 17 October 2013 of the responses to their recent consultation (‘A new start’) and the publication two days before this of ‘A fresh …
This month, the Ridout Report is penned by guest author Compassion in Dying, the only UK charity that supports people to know and understand their legal rights at the end of life. There has been huge media interest in end-of-life care in recent weeks, and much of the focus has been on the quality of …
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