COVID-19 Archives – Page 15 of 17

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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Occupancy levels in care homes during Coronavirus – provider seeks help

News / By Nythan Smith

The largest care home operator in the UK has written to social care commissioners to request support to protect its income to the equivalent of 90% occupancy levels. At least one of the commissioners that it works with has agreed to offer the assistance it has requested. The death rate within its care homes is …

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Poll suggests Government guidance may have contributed to current rate of deaths in care homes

News / By Nythan Smith

A recent poll by Sky News of care home providers conducted in collaboration with Care North East and the Registered Nursing Homes Association has found that 70% felt pressure from Hospitals to admit residents prior to the current version of government guidance; 41% stated that hospital discharged patients with Covid-19 symptoms and 38% stated that …

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Increase in deaths reported in mental health settings as a result of COVID-19

News / By Nythan Smith

Figures released by the CQC suggest that there has been a doubling of deaths reported during the period 1 March to 1 May 2020 by mental health providers of detained patients. 106 deaths were reported in these settings with providers confirming that Covid-19 was a cause or a factor within the deaths of 54 people. …

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COVID-19 Emergency MCA and DoLS Guidance

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

The DHSC has published new emergency guidance for Care Homes, Hospitals and Supervisory Bodies on the application of The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This article explains the new guidance. The recent guidance aims to assist those caring for adults who lack mental capacity, …

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Legal challenge to Local Authority’s use of Care Act Easements

News / By Nythan Smith

Derbyshire Council has until 11 May to respond to a legal challenge to its decision to relax its adherence to the Care Act by taking the measures set out in the Care Act easements provided for in the Act and supported by accompanying guidance. If the Council does not respond by 11 May they are …

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CQC’s Emergency Support Framework – not all it’s cracked up to be

Articles & Publications / By Caroline Barker

I had to chuckle when I read the CQC Emergency Support Framework. Billed as a supportive process, it would appear to be anything but. It is however not a laughing matter. It appears to be a way to gather information about providers outside of the regulatory framework to use against them at a future date. …

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Local Authorities Invoke Care Act 2014 Easements -what does it mean for providers?

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

Social care provisions under Schedule 12 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 31 March 2020 when The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Commencement No.2) Regulations 2020 became law. Under the 2020 Regulations, Local Authorities have the power to misapply or modify certain duties in the Care Act 2014. The new regime does not apply …

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The UK formally relaxes competition law rules to facilitate Covid-19 response

Articles & Publications / By Maddi Gaunt

The UK government made an Order which partially exempts some independent healthcare providers from existing competition law rules. Chapter 1 of the Competition Act 1998 prohibits organisations from making agreements and certain decisions which have the “object or effect” of restricting competition in the UK. If such agreements are made, under the 1998 Act, they …

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