At Ridouts, we have heard from providers that some insurers are refusing insurance cover for claims arising from COVID-19. This article considers the issue of whether a care provider can exempt or restrict liability for risks (including personal injury or death) resulting from COVID-19 in relation to service users, employees and visitors to a service. …
New proposals are due to be set out today, in a government white paper, detailing measures to join up health and care services and embed lessons learned from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic The white paper is to be a blueprint for NHS and social care reform following the pandemic. As far as social care is …
The government is urging the public to register their interest in taking up short-term paid work in the adult social care sector to help to meet urgent additional staffing requirements. The government state that “the impact of the new COVID-19 variant is being felt across the country and additional staff are urgently needed now to …
Concerns have been raised over the suitability of the social care precept which councils are able to levy over their residents by a maximum of 5% . This measure is seen by some as a rather blunt tool to fix the funding of social care. Over half of local councils look set to increase the …
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In an address to the nation on 4 January 2021, Boris Johnson set out the ambition to vaccinate all care home residents, older adults and all frontline health and social care workers by 15 February 2021. This will be welcomed by the sector and sets an aspirational deadline giving the sector some reassurance as to …
Government sets out its plans for vaccinating health and social care sector Read More »
The supply chains that are relied upon by health and social care providers are of extreme importance for both clinical and non-clinical supplies. The Government wrote to the sector on 30 December 2020 and re-emphasised the importance of social care providers allowing more time for non-clinical goods to arrive, with 72 hours being the suggested …
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DHSC has updated the public on some of the work that has been undertaken to date by the recently established Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce. The Taskforce, chaired by David Pearson former president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), was set up to prevent further transmission in the care sector. …
On 26 June 2020 the Government issued more information about the members and terms of reference (TOR) of its Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support Taskforce. The taskforce has been set up to ensure the delivery of the following Government’s Social Care Action Plan and Care Home Support Package. The TOR are rather sparse, but they …
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
In a statement yesterday by the World Health Organisation Regional Director for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, it was confirmed that current WHO estimates suggest that up to half of Covid-19 related deaths in Europe have been residents in long-term care facilities. Unfortunately, this is not a huge surprise. A significant proportion of long-term residents of …
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