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NICE consultation document on Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”) has been consulting on its ‘Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes’ guideline. The NICE guideline covers keeping adults in care homes safe from abuse and neglect. It includes potential indicators of abuse and neglect (by individuals and by organisations) and sets out the safeguarding process from identifying …

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The COVID-19 Winter Plan: Headlines for the adult social care sector

News / By Nythan Smith

As the pandemic crisis threatens to overwhelm the sector again the Government has released its Winter Plan to help prepare the country for a second wave. Nythan Smith has reflected on this document and highlights the below headlines that will be useful for adult social care providers: £546m additional funding for the Infection Control fund …

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Increase in confirmed Coronavirus cases amongst care home staff

News / By Nythan Smith

The Government wrote to care homes and local authority partners on 11 September 2020 confirming that there has been an increase in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in care homes. The rise in numbers seems to be affecting staff rather than residents, but given the proximity within the settings it might follow that …

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What should providers do when asymptomatic staff receive an inconclusive test result for Covid-19?

News / By Nythan Smith

On 31 July 2020 the Government released guidance on the management of staff and exposed patients and residents in health and social care settings. The guidance is clear on what steps are to be taken for positive and negative test results for Covid-19 symptomatic persons when they are tested (not the antibody test). If they …

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Best interests decisions: A COVID-19 quick guide

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (“SCIE”) published guidance in July 2020 titled, “Best interests decisions: A COVID-19 quick guide” (“SCIE guidance”). The SCIE guidance explains that application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (the “MCA”) in practice has been challenging due to the implications of COVID-19 and sets out how best interests decisions should …

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Ridouts partners with the National Care Association

News / By Ridouts Solicitors

Ridouts is delighted to announce that it has partnered with the National Care Association. With the social care sector facing increasing pressures to provide high quality care on ever decreasing resources, there are challenging times ahead for the sector. With the NCA being a strong and influential voice of the sector it represents and Ridouts …

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What healthcare providers need to know about reporting of Covid-19 under RIDDOR

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

This article is written for healthcare providers in their capacity as employers and it will consider employer duties in relation to work related incidents and the reporting of Covid-19 to the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”). In the context of Covid-19, employers must only make a report under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and …

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Coronavirus and DNAR

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

The press are reporting that GPs are intensifying requests/ demands/ advice about the signing of “expressions of wishes”/ advance directives as to advance consent by a patient to staff not attempting resuscitation of patients some but not all of whom may be receiving end of life care. This is a difficult and sensitive area. It …

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COVID-19 and infection control procedures in care settings during a pandemic

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

As providers will know, CQC tend to inspect infection control under Regulations 12 and 15 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Regulation 12 states that care and treatment must be provided in a safe way for service users and providers are responsible for ‘assessing the risk of, and preventing, …

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Care Inspectorate sees rise in complaints in care services in Scotland

News / By Maddi Gaunt

The Care Inspectorate, the national regulator for care services in Scotland released its quarterly figures last week. The third quarter figures 2019/2020, which include data up to the end of December 2019, indicate that whilst complaints to the regulator are on the rise, enforcement action remains relatively static. The number of complaints received by the …

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