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Plans for Liberty Protection Safeguards to come into force on 1 October 2019

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 …

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CQC informs Trusts to publish post-inspection letters

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 …

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Department of Health and Social Care Issue Consultation on training for health and social care staff

The Department of Health and Social Care have issued a consultation on learning disability and autism training for health and social care staff. The consultation has been created in order to ensure ‘staff working in health and social care have the right training to understand the needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism …

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Supreme Court grants permission for appeal against Mencap / ‘sleep-ins’ decision

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal against last year’s Court of Appeal ruling on sleep in payments for care workers. The case argues that sleep-in shifts should count as working time and be paid at least hourly minimum wage rates. Last year, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of a 2015 employment tribunal …

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Frozen charging thresholds mean many people face paying for residential care

The government announced last week that the upper and lower capital limits, which determine who must pay the full cost of their care and how much others should pay from their assets, will remain at the same level in 2019-20 as they have done since 2010-11. Due to this, social care experts have warned that …

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Ofsted see rise in legal challenges to reports

Chief Inspector of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman, has said there has been an increase in legal challenges to its reports. Ms Spielman told MPs that the rise in challenges was mainly coming from private organisations, such as apprenticeship providers, nurseries and children’s homes. There has been a particular rise in the number of tribunals involving children’s …

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Ridouts notices increase in financial abuse and theft within care homes

Financial abuse within the care home sector remains a critical issue within the media, Government and the CQC. 2019 has already seen two serious cases of financial abuse within the adult social care sector, with it bringing costly fines, prison sentences and reputational damage for the organisation. Providers need to keep a close eye on …

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£3.5bn funding boost announced for primary and community care, Government announces

As part of the £20.5bn funding increase for the NHS, the government has pledged an extra £3.5bn a year in annual funding for primary and community care by 2023/24. The funding will be used to ensure that more patients are cared for at home and in the community, in tern reducing ‘needless’ hospital admissions. Statistics …

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Care Inspectorate Wales provides guidance on the new re-registration process

From April 2018 the law will change as part of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016. The Act introduces a new system of service regulation and inspection, moving away from an ‘establishment’ to a ‘service provider’ based model. In a practical sense this means that some care services will be required …

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