Adult Social Care ‘Financial Health’ Monitoring by CQC: Market Oversight or Market Intrusion?
The new market oversight scheme, introduced in the Care Act 2014 (‘the Act’) and due to be introduced by the Care and Support (Market Oversight
Watch out for the new Health and Safety reforms for registered health and social care settings!
In response to the Francis Report of the Public Inquiry into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, CQC, the HSE and representatives of Local Authorities have
Corporate Manslaughter Acquittals – Could prosecutors be encouraged to bring more charges against directors?
The enactment of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (the “Act”) was seen as a landmark change in the law – for the
Are you ready for the new CQC rating system coming in from 1 October?
As rhetorical questions go this one is up there with the best of them. The reality is that the health and social care sector is
CCTV: protective or invasive- Ridouts Symposium Report by Ridouts Solicitors and the Relatives & Residents Association
The installation of CCTV within care homes has been hailed as both the best way to prevent abuse, and an invasion of resident privacy. Ridouts
The Future of the Business of Care(In the wake of the Care Act 2014)
The focus of Government attention in the care sector has been the persistent demand that hard working citizens should look forward to state funded care
GP Inspections by CQC
If GP practices are under the illusion that CQC will not be targeting GP practices as much as residential care homes or hospitals then they
The Care Quality Commission’s proposed rating system for adult social care. What it will mean for providers.
On 9 April 2014, CQC issued for consultation its Provider handbooks for residential and community adult social care. The consultation is open until 4 June
Fitness of premises: Children’s Homes Location Reviews
Regulation 10 of the Children’s Homes and Looked After Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013 came into force on 27 January 2014 and introduced a
Corporate and individual accountability in health and social care: a new criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of patients may lead to up to 240 prosecutions a year
On 27 February 2014, the Department of Health issued its consultation document, “New offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect”. The Government believes that there is
The new ‘Fundamental Standards’: vague, confusing and flawed
Last September, the DOH hailed the advent of the new draft Fundamental Standards (contained within the new draft 2014 regulations) because the removal, in some
CQC cracks downs on locations operating without registered managers
Since November last year CQC has been issuing fixed penalty notices to providers who have been without a registered manager for more than six months.