Sep 27, 2024 Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2024 By Freya Cassia Beth Parlane Understanding regulators’ priorities can help care and housing providers focus their improvements and proactively address any issues...
Jul 25, 2024 Care Act duties and care home closures By Emma Watt Freya Cassia The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (the Ombudsman) has found Wokingham Borough Council (the council) at fault for how it...
Jan 24, 2024 What lessons can the CQC learn from Ofsted’s changes to inspections? By Molly Quinney Freya Cassia To ensure they perform fairly and effectively, regulators must consider what lessons and good practices can be learned from other areas...
Dec 05, 2023 Closure of mouse infested care home highlights the need for a holistic approach to health and safety By Molly Quinney Chiltern View Care Home, a residential care home that was registered to provide personal care for up to 36 people, was closed by the CQC,...
Dec 05, 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...
Jul 19, 2023 CQC focus on workforce wellbeing By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Tim Coolican Elizabeth Massey The CQC recently sought responses from providers and professionals working in the health and social care sector on what workforce...
Jun 28, 2023 Regulations of AI and digital technology in health and social care By Emma Watt A new website has been launched to support development and use of AI and data-driven technologies in health and social care. The site is...
Oct 24, 2022 The CQC issues fixed penalties to University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for failures around consent By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Precious Mealia The Care Quality Commission (CQC) issued two fixed penalties to University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust totalling £8,000 for...
Oct 24, 2022 Reflections on the 'State of Care' By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Tim Coolican Freya Cassia Precious Mealia +1 more... Show less Friday saw the publication of the CQC’s State of Care report, which draws together the evidence available across the whole health and...
Oct 12, 2022 The aftermath of Panorama's investigation at the Edenfield Centre By Freya Cassia It is now two weeks since Panorama’s findings at the Edenfield Centre in Manchester were published. Since then, Greater Manchester Mental...
Sep 30, 2022 Reflections on Panorama findings at Edenfield Centre By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Tim Coolican Freya Cassia The abuse revealed by Panorama at Edenfield Centre in Manchester is truly shocking. While the failings of Greater Manchester Mental...
Sep 27, 2022 PEOPLE FIRST: A response from health and care leaders to the urgent and emergency care system crisis By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Molly Quinney With ambulance waiting times at an all-time high, the staffing crisis in social care, and hospital bed capacities completely overwhelmed,...