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The CQC’s New Regulatory Regime – What We Know And Don’t Know

Providers are anticipating the changes to the CQC’s regulatory approach and how they will impact on their businesses. The CQC is drip feeding us with information and it can be hard to see how everything fits together. The aim of this article is to bring you up-to date on the information that has been publicised …

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The Importance Of Consumer Law Obligations In Social Care – Providing Quality Care

In this third installment of my four-part series on consumer law obligations, and their relevance to health and social care providers, I will be discussing what terms are implied into care contracts in relation to the quality of care provided. This will largely focus on adult social care providers, and in particular care homes and …

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Government Proposes New Regulations Empowering CQC to Ensure Patient Visits in Care Settings

The Government is presently consulting on new regulations aimed at granting the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) additional authority to oversee and enforce visitation arrangements by care providers. This comes amid concerns that there are continued instances where visitors are unfairly denied access to their loved ones. The proposed regulations would impose a legal obligation on …

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The Attention Of One, May Lead To The Attention Of Many

The information gathered by the CQC during a period of inspection has the potential to be passed to other public regulatory bodies.  In certain environments, such as GP practices, where the majority of staff are also subject to professional rules and regulations, the CQC may take it upon themselves to share relevant information with the …

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An Update In Relation To The CQC’s Registration Service

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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