Public bodies such as local authorities and regulatory bodies frequently make important decisions about vulnerable people and their rights to services in relation to their care. There is legal mechanism in place where providers can challenge the decisions of CQC via issuing judicial review proceedings. Recent years have shown that providers are no longer shying …
Here at Ridouts we spend a large part of our time acting for Clients who have suffered at the hands of an inefficient CQC. We are regularly approached by Clients who have been issued with draft inspection reports that are riddled with errors, judgments with no basis in fact or are simply built around an …
According to CQC GP surgeries are the highest performing sector in the NHS. This comes above hospitals, mental health and social care. Despite this, inspectors did note safety concerns at one in seven practices. These problems included; storing vaccines at the right temperature, filling in prescriptions quickly enough, having defibrillators that work properly and learning …
As would be expected, clients rarely come to those in my profession with their good news stories! What really shines out in the article is how staff are so enthusiastic about the service. This will no doubt have translated into a frontline commitment to make the service the best that it can be. While all …
The Care Quality Commission has recently published a report entitled ‘The State of Adult Social Care Service 2014 to 2017; Findings from CQC’s initial programme of comprehensive inspections in adult social care’. The report contains conclusions published by CQC between October 2014 and May 2017 of 33,000 inspections it had undertaken of adult social care …
Caring Times – State of Care report: regulator shares its findings Read More »
Jenny Wilde (Senior Associate shares her views on preparing for CQC inspections with Expert Care Manager Magazine.
Nicole Ridgwell (Solicitor) discusses the sustainability of adult social care services with Expert Care Manager Magazine.
CQC have recently completed the inspections of some 24,000 different locations providing adult social care. It published its State of Adult Social Care report covering 2014 to 2017 and clearly feels empowered and emboldened to draw conclusions from the inspections it has conducted. Nursing Homes are singled out for particular mention in the report with …
Ridout Report – Are adult social care services in a state, as CQC suggests? Read More »
The provision of activities in care homes has long been on CQC’s radar. With the ever-increasing focus on person-centred care provision, it is more important than ever that providers take appropriate steps to ensure person-centred activities are provided to their residents on a daily basis. Whilst it is not explicitly mentioned in the Regulations, the …
Care Talk – The importance of activities in care homes Read More »
In March, the Law Commission delivered its final recommendations on reforming the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) system. This came after the Commission concluded the current system was “in crisis” and needed to be replaced “as a matter of pressing urgency”. The name being suggested for the reformed system is “Liberty Protection Safeguards”. Understandably, providers …
Ridout Report – An introduction to the ‘Liberty Protection Safeguards’ – the new DoLs Read More »
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