23 November 2021 Blog Achilles’ heel: Schedule 2 Integrated Care Boards Yesterday (22 November 2021) saw the Health and Care Bill move to the Report stage in the House of Commons, with the final day of the stage coming to a close today. One of the tabled amendments... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
17 November 2021 Blog Update: deprivation of liberty, looked after children under 16 and unregulated placements With reports of the increasing number of vulnerable children in England being placed in unregulated placements under deprivation of liberty orders, we report on a recent decision... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 November 2021 Blog Rock and a hard place? Regulations requiring compulsory Covid-19 vaccination of care home workers and others entering care settings are now in force... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
15 November 2021 Blog Patient safety: what lessons can be learned? Delayed by Covid-19, the Government recently published their response to the recommendations of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s Inquiry on... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
10 November 2021 Blog COVID vaccination to become condition of deployment for frontline health and care staff Two days before the end of the grace period for the enforcement of its new vaccination policy in care homes, the Government announced that similar requirements will be imposed across the health and wider care sector in England... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
10 November 2021 Blog Government launches adult social care winter plan The Government has published its Adult social care Covid-19 winter plan 2021-22 setting out how it aims to support the sector over the coming months... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
9 November 2021 Blog Safety watchdog publishes major report on NHS-funded care in independent hospitals Integrated Care Systems must take steps to ensure that effective processes have been implemented to identify local capability and capacity of their local independent acute hospitals, says the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
9 November 2021 Blog CMA concerned over availability, price and quality of children's care The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently published its interim report into its market study on children's social care provision... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
3 November 2021 Blog Community Diagnostic Centres to support the NHS backlog The announcement that HM Treasury will invest £5.9 billion in the NHS to help tackle the elective backlog and transform diagnostic services has been welcomed by Trust leaders. However, concerns about workforce issues and staff shortages... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 November 2021 Blog Primary care estate: question mark over future of LIFT buildings For many of us working in primary care estates it may not seem that long ago that the LIFT programme commenced... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
1 November 2021 Blog CQC fines trust for breach of the duty of candour regulations The health and care regulator has given West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust the maximum fine for breaches of the duty of candour regulation following an incident in October 2018. This is the second time this year that the CQC has fined a trust for failures... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
29 October 2021 Blog New inquiry launched on protecting Human Rights in care settings in England The Joint Committee on Human Rights is investigating human rights concerns of patients, older people and others living with long-term disabilities... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read