- Articles & Publications
- Healthcare Business - February 2019 - CQC intends to ring in changes to how Providers can challenge its inspection reports
- HSJ - January 2019 - An update on the reform of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Healthcare Business - CQC intends to prosecute more health and social care providers
- Care Talk Article - December 2018 - Time to get tough or time to get real?
- Challenging CQC inspection reports and ratings - DDN - December 2018
- ACHIEVING A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SYSTEM FIT FOR PURPOSE - A GREEN PAPER – SOLUTIONS FROM A LEADING SPECIALIST HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LAW FIRM
- Deprivation of Liberties: when will we get it right? As published in Caring Times - November 2018
- An inspection regime with room for improvement - HSJ article - October 2018
- Could Improvements post-inspection now be reported on in CQC reports? (as published in Healthcare Business - September 2018)
- Paul Ridout expresses his concern to the Health Service Journal about CQC's recent Tribunal success in appeal against its refusal to increase number of beds for people with learning difficulties
- Care Talk - Understanding Financial Abuse Within the Safeguarding Sphere
- Challenging CQC’s Evidence Base - as published in Caring Times
- A Landmark Ruling for Providers – Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad [2018] – workers are not working when asleep by contractual consent
- Would Video Assistant Referees improve CQC’s process of inspections? As published on Health Service Journal's Insight and Influence Channel
- An important lesson in Legionella management and large company fines
- Does CQC’s Amended Guidance Require Improvement? As published in Healthcare Business Magazine July 2018
- Modern Slavery and what it means for providers
- Caring for the carers: culture is crucial - As published in Caring Times
- HSJ Channel - May 2018 - Put Early Intervention Front and Centre of Mental Healthcare
- Government considers Green Paper criticising its approach to mental health care for children and young people as published on Health Service Journal website
- “Safeguarding” – beware the dirty tricks as published in Healthcare Business May 2018
- Drink & Drug News - May 2018 - Legal Line
- CQC inspection and Dementia Support in Care Homes - as published in Care Talk Magazine May 2018
- Ensuring Compliance - As published in Care Talk - April 2018
- Ridouts' lawyer contributes to new legal handbook
- CQC MOVES TO EXPAND ITS REMIT. A “POWER GRAB”.
- Drink & Drug News, March 2018 - Our inspector had insufficient expertise - can we challenge?
- Care B+B - As published in Health Service Journal
- International Women's Day - First 100 Years - How can women shape the future of the legal industry?
- The burden of proof in Health and Social Care - Healthcare Business
- Care Assessments – why must they be person-centred and what does that mean? - Care Talk (March Edition) - Nicole Ridgwell
- Ask the solicitor - Drink and Drugs News - Nicole Ridgwell
- Maintaining the statutory duty of candour - HSJ Insight and influence
- Drink & Drug News - We are disappointed with the results of our recent CQC review, one of the things we were marked down for was not involving our clients in planning their care. We dispute this as patient involvement has always be central to how our service operates. How can we compile evidence to back up our challenge?
- Care Talk - Care Assessments – why must they be person-centered and what does that mean?
- HSJ Insight and Influence Channel - Winter Pressures- A Partial Solution
- Looking behind CQC’s ratings of health and social care providers - Expert Care Manager Online
- Has the CMA care homes market study unearthed any surprises for care home providers? (Caring Times)
- HSJ Channel - Reform or a new mental health act?
- CQC and the imposition of conditions of registration - Caring Times - January 2018
- Drink and Drug News - December 2017
- New provider guidance on CQC inspection now in force - Care Talk Magazine
- Paying sleep-in staff – HMRC’s Social Care Compliance Scheme - Care Home Professional
- Inspection of CQC finds room for improvement - Care Talk Magazine
- Drink & Drug News - November 2017
- Ask the Expert - Care Home Professional Magazine
- PFI in the NHS
- CQC communicates its regulatory intentions for adult social care - Care Home Professional Magazine
- Advocacy and CQC Compliance - Care Talk Magazine
- Prosecutions – is CQC finding its feet?
- What can you do if CQC gets it wrong?
- Drink & Drug News - Take one simple step to make sure your CQC inspection is as good as it can be
- ‘Working or not working?’ - that is the question
- Caring Times - State of Care report: regulator shares its findings
- Care Talk - The importance of activities in care homes
- Healthcare Business - CQC Registrations in the Learning Disability sector – inconsistency and uncertainty prevail
- Nursing and Residential Care - The revalidation process for nurses working in care homes
- Caring Times - Inspection Notes – Changes to CQC Guidance on Sharing Information
- Drink and Drug News - A challenging relationship - While maintaining a productive relationship with CQC is essential, so is challenging any worrying issues on their draft reports, says Nicole Ridgwell”
- HSJ- Insight and Influence Channel - The Impact of the Health and Safety Offences Sentencing guidelines on the health and social care sector
- Healthcare Business - Reflections from the front line
- Lexis Nexis - Viability of remedies against public authorities
- Drink & Drug News- Q & A February 2017
- Dental Practice Manager Online- Recent changes to GDC fitness to practise investigations
- Healthcare Business- Trial by Media - providers’ reputations are at risk
- Care Talk- The Competition and Markets Authority shines a light on the care home sector
- Pulse- Beware the pitfalls of social media
- Caring Times- CQC sets out its intentions to refine its regulatory approach for adult social care
- Healthcare Business- A Deep-Freeze on new developments has befallen the Learning Disability Sector – Will CQC sit up and listen?
- HSJ Insight and Influence- Proposals on changes to professional regulation
- Caring Times- As CQC notches up its first Health and Safety prosecution, the new Health and Safety Sentencing Guidelines begin to bite
- Practice Business- GP Practice Manager advice on CQC inspections
- Pulse- Complaints about your practise: why it is vital to confront patient concerns head on
- Caring Times- CQC’s approach to the registration of learning disability and autism services at odds with service user choice – it is also unlawful
- Care Talk- Advocacy in Social Care
- Care Talk- Investing in Activities is great for residents and providers alike
- Drink & Drug News- Q & A October 2016
- HSJ Insight and Influence: The Department of Health consultation to expand CQC’s rating powers
- Care Talk Article : Have unpaid carers noticed any difference since the Care Act came into force?
- Dental Practice Manager: What to Expect when CQC Inspect
- Healthcare Business: Care Quality Commission strategy for the next 5 years
- Patient First 2016- How likely are we to see the new Nursing Associates in the NHS by Spring 2017?
- Drink & Drugs News- September 2016 edition
- Expert Care Manager- The Care Act 2014: can the good intentions of the Act become reality despite the financial wreckage of the adult care sector?
- Pulse: Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Decision-Making – some practical considerations for practitioners
- Drink & Drugs News- Q & A July 2016
- Caring Times- Inadequate ratings: the error within the automatic imposition of the Special Measures regime
- Pulse- CQC revises re-inspection intervals
- Caring Times: Cutting Red Tape - The Cost of too many Inspections
- Healthcare Business: Having a voice in safeguarding enquiries- Providers should know their rights
- HSJ Insight and Influence Channel: The Duty of Candour and Disclosure of Investigation Reports following Serious Incidents
- Care Talk: Safeguarding obligations in light of the changes in the Care Act 2014
- Care Talk: No-one is above the law and the law relating to care workers has changed
- Healthcare Business: Challenging ratings – a shift in CQC’s position?
- Care Talk: Nurses Getting ready for Revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Healthcare Business: They think it’s all over…
- Nurse and Residential Care: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Its origin. How it works. How it can improve.
- Healthcare Business: Thou Shalt Not Kill. It was and is the first of Moses commandments. It remains the first and enduring crime against human society.
- Caring Times: CQC strategy 2016 to 2021 – a radical shift for the sector?
- HSJ Insight and Influence Channel: Key themes from the CQC strategy 2016 to 2021
- Caring Times: CQC’s rating – Requires Improvement?
- Healthcare Business: CQC- Too Ambitious By Far
- Caring Times: CQC- The Collaborator?
- Healthcare Business: CQC's new strategy of collaboration
- HSJ Channel Insight and Influence: Corporate Manslaughter: The stakes are high
- Healthcare Business: Are you ready for the revised Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections?
- Caring Times: CQC get reflective
- HSJ Channel Insight and Influence: Challenging CQC ratings – a system stacked against the provider
- Care Talk: Person-Centred Care, achieving compliance with the new Regulation
- Expert Care Manager: Challenging CQC inspection ratings
- Healthcare Business: The inspection experience: A shift in focus
- HSJ Channel, Insight and Influence: Not all it seems: The success regime has teeth
- Healthcare Business: Article One year on from Cheshire West – where does the sector stand?
- HSJ Channel: Employers beware: Whistleblowing protection even more powerful
- HSJ Channel, Insight and Influence: Corporate Manslaughter: with convictions on the rise, are you vulnerable?
- Care Talk: New Offences created to protect service users
- Healthcare Business: “Out of date” inspection reports – is it in the public interest to publish?
- Forum Business: Using Surveillance: CQC’S Guidance for Service Providers
- Ridouts NHS Alert: An era of unparalleled scrutiny of GP practices: NHS England’s Framework for responding to CQC inspections of GP practices gives some much needed clarity to the sector
- Healthcare Business: Restricting admissions - how long can CQC sustain the argument?
- Ridouts Alert: CCTV is a must if carers are to trust and be trusted
- HSJ Channel, Insight and Influence: Start preparing. The new Statutory Duty of Candour is coming in from October
- Ridouts Alert: The legal and practical effects of the Cheshire West case for care home providers
- Ridouts NHS Alert: How will CQC changes affect NHS Providers and their Senior Managers?
- Ridouts NHS Alert: The Care Quality Commission’s proposed rating system for NHS acute hospitals. Protection or punishment?
- Ridouts Alert: Registered Manager Fit Person Interviews Mar 2014, Samantha Cox
- Healthcare Business: Does Ofsted lack transparency and accountability? Mar 2014, Caroline Barker
- Ridouts NHS Alert: CQC hospital inspections and ratings– the experimental phase begins
- Ridouts NHS Alert: Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR) decision making – some practical considerations for healthcare providers
- Caring Times: Third Party Contributions – Get it Right
- Ridouts NHS Alert: Don’t be lulled into complacency– regulation is beginning to bite in the NHS
- Ridouts NHS Alert: CQC ditch Quality and Risk Profiles and introduce Intelligent Monitoring for NHS Hospitals
- Healthcare Business: How New Inquest Laws Affect Providers
- Healthcare Business: Are Serious Case Reviews fit for purpose?
- Healthcare Business: 910 Warning Notices issued – is this figure misleading?
- Healthcare Business: More Guidance on Warning Notices but still uncertainty
- Caring Times: How many new starts does CQC require?
- Practice Management: How might CQC inspections differ from QOF inspections?
- Practice Management: The Mental Capacity Act: Navigating the Minefield
- Healthcare Business: A Brief Guide to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Caring Times: Time for Us to Listen Too
- Care Talk: Nutrition and CQC inspections
- Healthcare Business: What do the care and support funding reforms mean for providers? The elephant in the room
- Care Talk: Why is Mental Capacity such a hot topic?
- Caring Times: LD strategies post-Winterbourne
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Are we there yet? The never ending journey of CQC regulation
- Healthcare Business: Just when you thought there was already too much regulation in the adult social care system…
- Care Talk: Don’t let CQC’s battle to prove its worth be at your expense
- Healthcare Business: Your Best Chance of Avoiding Bad Publicity
- Caring Times: Mental Capacity – Practical Points for Providers
- Care Talk: Finding Hope after Being Served with a Notice of Proposal to Cancel
- Healthcare Business: CQC Steps up the Enforcement Escalator
- Care Talk: How Behan Will Be Judged
- Care Talk: Judge Finds Safeguarding Process ‘Deplorable’
- Caring Times: Providers Successful Judicial Review of Safeguarding
- Care Agenda: Respond to the Department of Health’s Consultation to Avoid Further Regulation
- Healthcare Business: Warning Notices – CQC’s Current Weapon of Choice
- The Pulse: A Quick Guide to CQC Evidence
- Healthcare Business: In the best interests of whom? Lawful decision-making under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Ridouts LLP Restraint in Children’s Homes
- Care Agenda: Protecting Residents from Inappropriate Moves to Supported Housing
- Ridouts LLP CQC Registration, Monitoring Compliance and Enforcement Review
- Ridouts LLP Sector Regulation – Prepare to be consulted to death
- Ridouts LLP The importance of risk assessing patients before admission to care homes: an NHS Trust and care home owner found guilty of health and safety breaches
- Ridouts LLP Withdrawing a Warning Notice – CQC says it can’t, we say it can
- Healthcare Business: To resuscitate or not resuscitate – that is the question
- Healthcare Business: Capacity to consent and the Mental Capacity Act – a legal and professional perspective
- Ridouts LLP CQC fit person interviews – the Tribunal delivers its damning verdict
- Ridouts LLP Confused about Warning notices? You’re Not Alone
- HSJ Insight, Influence Channel: CQC published its response
- Care Agenda: CQC Publishes New Enforcement Policy and Judgment Framework
- Ridouts Monitor’s New Licensing Regime – another dose of regulation for the independent and voluntary sector
- Ridouts Be prepared! A surprise Care Quality Commission inspection may be on its way
- Care Agenda: Price Bidding for Contracts – the New Battleground for Fair Fees
- Care Talk: Managing Medication in Home Care
- Care Talk: Duplication of Regulation – A Guide for Frustrated Providers
- Caring Times: Sefton Unravelled
- Care Agenda: After Sefton
- Care Talk: The Season of Good Tidings
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Evidencing the inclusion of service users in their care
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Q & A
- Caring Times: Urgent enforcement action by CQC could be entering a new realm
- Care Talk: Training and Development
- Care Agenda: A Brief Guide to Preferred Provider Lists
- Care Agenda: Help Shape a Better Future for Adult Protection
- Healthcare Business: CQC’s Obvious Errors: Why Won’t It LISTEN???!!!
- Care Talk: Caring for carers
- Care Talk: Record-Keeping and Report Writing
- Healthcare Business: Do local authorities have the authority? - How they are confusing their role
- Care Agenda: Co-operation and Competition Panel Fails to Robustly Consider Reducing Fees
- Care Talk: Record-Keeping and Report Writing
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Adult Safeguarding: a system that is not working
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Provider Compliance Assessment
- Quality & Compliance Magazine: Inspection, but not as we know it
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