The government has just published the outcome of its consultation on fees and frequency of inspection regulations 2022-2023 for children’s home providers. Between 19 November 2021 and 14 January 2022 the government consulted on: A 10% increase on current fees payable by children’s social care providers, for those providers which are not already at full …
On 21 February 2022 the Government published a response to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s report ‘Social care funding: time to end a national scandal’. This report was published 4 July 2019. In its response, the Government apologised to the Committee for the time that had elapsed since the report was originally published. …
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On 31 January 2022 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, made a statement that “it is no longer proportionate to require Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment through statute.” Policy Review Sajid Javid acknowledges that, in December 2021, he argued that the weight of clinical evidence in favour of Vaccination …
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On 20 January 2022, the government updated its guidance on Covid-19 care home testing. Further, on 17 January 2022, the government updated guidance on management of staff and exposed patients as well as admission and care of residents in a care home where there has been a positive Covid-19 case. This will have serious implications …
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UK’s Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) announced on Monday 17th January that it would introduce regulations that extend vaccination as a condition of deployment beyond residential care settings to any other Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated activity in health and social care, subject to certain exemptions and conditions. This will come …
After pleas from the adult social care sector, the government has finally reduced the restrictions which ban new admissions and visitors in care homes after a Covid-19 outbreak from 28 days to 14 days. While there may be concerns about the safety of residents in care homes due to the contagious nature of the Omicron …
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Care home residents are set to be limited to three visitors plus an essential care giver under new COVID-19 guidance announced by the government. The definition of an essential care giver is stated on the government’s website as an individual who visits more often, to support the resident’s health and wellbeing. This could include a …
There has been a lot of controversy about care home visits over the past 18 months and providers have been at the forefront of balancing the risks to residents posed by Covid-19 and promoting their human rights. With ever changing rules on Covid-19 compliance and the emergence of new variants of the virus it is …
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On 17 June 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) updated its guidance on ‘Visiting arrangements in care homes’. The guidance has been updated to reflect the following: Care home residents should isolate following a visit only where it includes an overnight stay in hospital, or is deemed high-risk following an individual risk …
Earlier this month, the Government announced the publication of new supplementary guidance on visits out of care homes. This supplement to earlier guidance on this topic relaxes rules on self-isolation to enable care home residents in England to have more out-of-home visits. From Tuesday 4 May 2021, all care home residents in England will be …
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