The draft regulations, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 was made into law* yesterday and as reported in my article the grace period before the regulations applying to the healthcare sector commenced. It is important for providers to note that the new legislation makes further amendments to …
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Our solicitors Caroline Barker, Samantha Cox and Maddi Gaunt discuss Ofsted, its functions and characteristics and how providers might deal with any intervention by this notoriously difficult regulator.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPNzyUo4zg
Further to my last update regarding inquests, the Chief Coroner for England and Wales has issued further guidance in relation to the COVID-19 situation. This article summarises the main points from the guidance. Chief Coroner Guidance No.34 (dated 26 March 2020) This guidance note acknowledges that the COVID-19 emergency presents a number of challenges for …
The Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) have put notices on a number of provider profile pages on their website in recent days confirming that they have “removed” inspection reports. Their stated reasons are: “We found an issue with some of the information gathered by an individual who supported our inspection.” This mysterious “issue” seems to have …
CQC identifies a concerning “issue” with information gathered during inspections Read More »
The election is around the corner and the social care sector has been given manifesto-shaped presents in advance of the festive season. But what is contained in these presents for the sector… Conservative manifesto on ‘Getting Brexit Done’ The Conservatives pledge to create a cross party consensus on how to solve the country’s problems relating …
Caroline Dineage MP has provided an update on the Liberty Protection Safeguards via a letter from the Department of Health & Social Care. Their intention is for the system to come into force on 1 October 2020, subject to ongoing implementation planning with delivery partners and the Welsh Government and the progress on their work …
Plans for Liberty Protection Safeguards to come into force on 1 October 2019 Read More »
At the beginning of this year CQC re-introduced post-inspection letters for all routine NHS inspections. This came shortly after CQC were criticised by the Public Accounts Committee for not publishing inspection outcomes quickly enough which meant “the public do not have timely information to make informed decisions about their care”. Since April, included is now …
CQC informs Trusts to publish post-inspection letters Read More »
My colleagues have written in previous issues of DDN about the importance of submitting comprehensive Factual Accuracy Comments (FACs) to your CQC inspection report if you consider that the report and/or rating is not a true reflection of your service. Most recently, one of my colleagues set out some of the changes proposed by the …
CQC have recently announced changes to the notification forms providers need to submit in relation to deaths, serious injuries, and allegations of abuse relating to service users. The forms now include specific prompts for the providers to address. Links to these forms can be found on CQC’s website. CQC’s aim is to reduce the amount …
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Last week saw the publication of CQC’s ‘new’ factual accuracy comments (“FAC”) process for draft inspection reports. In last month’s Ridout Report Jenny Wilde discussed the potential consequences of the proposed changes. As we now know what CQC has decided, this Ridout Report discusses what changes have been made and how these may impact a …
Ridout Report – April 2019 – CQC’s new FAC process revealed – what does it achieve? Read More »
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