05 Dec, 2023 CQC prosecutes two care providers for failing to protect residents from the risk of avoidable harm By Precious Mealia In our regulatory round-up ebriefings, we have been discussing for some time the steady rise in the number of prosecutions brought by the...
15 Feb, 2022 A coroner's thoughts - fire safety in care homes By Lorna Kenyon-Pain I was interested to read the Report for the Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) issued by the Senior Coroner for Hertfordshire to Michael...
18 Oct, 2021 Care provider pleads guilty to corporate manslaughter By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Prosecutions for corporate manslaughter are relatively rare - but recently we have seen a care provider, Aster Healthcare, plead guilty...
21 Jul, 2021 CQC publishes data on Covid-19 related deaths in care homes By Lorna Kenyon-Pain On Wednesday 21 July, the CQC published data regarding the number of Covid-19 related deaths at each care home in England. There has been...