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Health Secretary sets out intention to safely increase visitors allowed into care homes

The Government’s most recent winter plan announced on 23 November 2020 that it was committed to provide twice weekly testing for regular visits for up to two visitors of care home residents. It now emerges that this testing will be rapid lateral flow testing which provide results on site within 30 minutes at a care …

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Update: CQC’s review of DNACPR during the pandemic

News / By Anna Lemmer

On 12 October 2020, CQC reported that the Department of Health and Social Care (‘DHSC’) asked the regulator to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (‘DNACPR’) decisions were used during the coronavirus pandemic. CQC stated that the scope and methodology of this review are being developed at pace and the review is expected to …

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LPS update: The removal of the Care Home Manager role & the draft regulations

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

On 16 July 2020, the Government announced that the Liberty Protection Safeguards (“LPS”) which were due to be implemented on 1 October 2020 would be delayed until April 2022. The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 (“MC(A)A 2019”), introduced the LPS to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (“DoLS”). The LPS will authorise deprivation of liberty …

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CQC rolls out its Transitional Regulatory Approach for ASC Services – As published in Care Home Management Magazine

Articles & Publications / By Laura P. Shelton

CQC has announced that, from 6 October 2020, it will roll out its Transitional Regulatory Approach (TRA) to Adult Social Care services. The TRA is the way CQC will continue to inspect and regulate services through the next stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. It follows on from the Emergency Support Framework (ESF) initiated in response …

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Public Health report reveals 78 patients were sent to care homes in Scotland after testing positive for COVID-19

News / By Laura P. Shelton

A report published today by Public Health Scotland reveals that 78 patients who had tested positive for COVID 19 were discharged from hospitals to care homes in Scotland between 1 March and 21 April 2020. Of all the 3,599 elderly patients discharged from hospitals during that period, only 650 of them were tested for Covid-19. …

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DHSC update on visiting arrangements in care homes

News / By Anna Lemmer

On 15 October 2020 the Department of Health and Social Care (‘DHSC’) published updated guidance in relation to visiting arrangements in care homes. The DHSC guidance, ‘Update on policies for visiting arrangements in care homes’ applies to care homes in England. The DHSC states that care providers should follow the updated guidance to ensure that …

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CQC publishes guidance on digital records in Adult Social Care

News / By Anna Lemmer

On 28 September 2020, CQC published interim guidance on what a good digital record system looks like and how providers can achieve this. CQC assesses digital records systems against the relevant Key Lines of Enquiry (“KLOEs”) and the characteristics of ratings, in the same way that paper records are assessed. The guidance states that a …

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Amnesty International report states the UK Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to older people in care homes was a violation of their human rights

News / By Anna Lemmer

Amnesty International (“AI”) has published a report titled, ‘As if expendable: The UK Government’s failure to protect older people in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic’. The report is very damming of the UK Government’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak and states that sending thousands of older people untested from hospitals into care homes in …

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CQC Publishes Guidance on what to expect from its Transitional Monitoring Approach

News / By Laura P. Shelton

On 1 October 2020 the CQC published the monitoring questions for adult social care providers together with some guidance on what Providers can expect under its transitional regulatory approach to monitoring services. In summary, CQC will review the information they hold about services and follow it up with a call with the Provider. CQC …

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