25 Apr, 2024 Sharing information where there are safeguarding concerns By Emma Watt The Department for Education (DfE) has published updated guidance - Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding...
25 Apr, 2024 Taste the difference challenge: Decaf success in reducing falls in hospitals and care homes By Precious Mealia In 2021, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) implemented the ‘Taste the difference challenge’, an initiative whereby...
23 Apr, 2024 Care home operator fined £400,000 by HSE following death of vulnerable resident By Precious Mealia A care home operator in Scotland was fined £400,000 due to safety breaches resulting in the death of a resident. Susan Greens, 95, was...
23 Apr, 2024 The Procurement Act 2023 – Go live date released plus transitional guidance By Steven Brunning The Cabinet Office has confirmed that they are working towards a ‘go-live’ date for the Procurement Act of Monday 28 October 2024. This...
18 Apr, 2024 ICO publishes guidance to improve transparency in health and social care By Emma Watt We previously highlighted the ICO's consultation on draft guidance on transparency in the health and social care sector. In response to...
18 Apr, 2024 New flexible working rules now in force By Michael Brownlee The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 came into force on 6 April 2024 in England, Wales and Scotland. You can read our...
18 Mar, 2024 Wake me up before you pho-to? The use of photographic evidence in cases of sleeping on duty By Jackie Morris The Rochdale by-election made the news recently, with the Labour Party withdrawing support for candidate Azhar Ali following comments...
27 Feb, 2024 MAC report on the Immigration Salary List - care workers to remain By Hazel Findlay On Friday 23 February 2024, the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published its rapid review of the Immigration Salary List (ISL) which...
20 Feb, 2024 Riding to compliance: learning lessons on fire safety By Precious Mealia The owner of an equestrian yard has been fined £5,000 by Oxfordshire County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service for being in breach of a...
19 Feb, 2024 Brace yourselves: The bar has been raised for recovering damages in public procurement claims By Amy Callahan-Page In a successful procurement claim, one of the forms of relief commonly sought is the recovery of damages. Where the automatic suspension...
15 Feb, 2024 Updated right to work checks guidance for employers By Hazel Findlay UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has produced an updated employer’s guide to right to work checks. This updates the previous guide which...
12 Feb, 2024 No changes are to be made to English language requirements in care worker visas By Jackie Morris I wrote recently about a Coroner’s case that involved the death of an elderly resident in a care home. In that case, the Coroner made...