Last month the Supreme Court ruled that care providers do not have to pay staff the National Minimum Wage when working ‘sleep-in’ shifts. Reports of the Low Pay Commission (“LPC’) were considered in great detail by the Supreme Court. Both Mencap and UNISON, who were on opposing sides during the case, are now calling upon …
The Government have officially announced today that they are consulting on mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for care home staff in England. The Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: “The vaccine is already preventing deaths and is our route out of this pandemic. We have a duty of care to those most vulnerable to Covid-19, …
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The Home Office has confirmed that free one-year visa extensions will be automatically granted to eligible overseas healthcare workers whose visas were due to expire before 1 October 2021. The visa extension is expected to benefit 14,000 applicants. Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “The dedication and skill of overseas health and care workers who are …
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On 8 April 2021, the Nursing & Midwifery Council (“NMC”) launched a consultation on new draft education standards for community and public health nursing in the UK. The education standards for specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) and specialist practice qualifications (SPQs) were last updated over 15 years ago and the NMC has said that …
The Government has said that from 12 April care home residents will be allowed two regular visitors indoors. Currently care home residents can have just one face-to-face visitor, but this will increase to two as part of the next stage of lockdown easing. Other changes include visitors being able to bring babies and toddlers which …
On 1 April 2021, Helen Hayes (Labour, Dulwich and West Norwood) asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care the written question, “…what assessment he has made of the effect of the Infection Control Fund on supporting care homes with their infection prevention control measures during the covid-19 outbreak; and what assessment he …
UPDATE: This article has been updated since it was first published on 4 January 2021 and since it was updated on 18 January 2021. The time of writing this article is 23 March 2021. During a December 2020 Ridouts’ webinar (Videos – Ridouts Solicitors) a healthcare provider asked the question, “Do you think it will …
On 9 March 2021, Flick Drummond (Conservative, Meon Valley) asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care the written question, “… what steps he is taking to support care homes in financial difficulty but not deemed by the CQC to be a risk or a priority which will not now receive an additional CQC inspection for more …
We are starting to see the benefits of the vaccinations on care home visiting regimes. While coronavirus cases remain high, the number of infections is falling. The UK’s vaccination programme has seen every care home resident offered a jab, with almost 17 million vaccinations carried out in total. The good news is that, as a …
On 16 February 2021, Shadow Minister Chi Onwurah asked the Department of Health and Social Care the written question, “… when the Care Quality Commission will resume routine inspections; and how many care homes have not had an inspection for two years or more.” Helen Whatley, Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) responded to …
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