17 November 2020 Blog Ombudsman shines light on NHS Continuing Healthcare Watchdog calls for new national guidance and more learning for the CHC workforce. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has published a report, Continuing Healthcare: getting it right first time based on their findings following a review of 60 CHC cases resolved in the last three years... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
12 November 2020 Blog New post-Brexit immigration system: staffing and recruitment Getting ready for 1 January. Ensuring compliant recruitment is just one of a number of issues HR professionals and those responsible for recruitment and managing immigration risk in the health and social care sector need to be aware of... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
6 November 2020 Blog A ‘perfect storm’: a restrictive immigration policy and the adult social care sector Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has written to the Home Secretary asking her to reconsider future immigration plans... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
4 November 2020 Blog White Paper makes a clarion call to accelerate digital healthcare How the rapid uptake of digital services as a result of the pandemic can transform UK healthcare. Public Policy Projects published this White Paper: Accelerating Digital Healthcare in October... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 November 2020 Blog Unregulated placement versus welfare needs In Lancashire County Council v G and N the court used their inherent jurisdiction to authorise an application to deprive a teenager of her liberty in an unregulated placement that was not suitable to meet her needs due to the lack of adequate, safe placements anywhere in the UK... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
2 November 2020 Blog Regulator on restraint, segregation and seclusion review CQC published this stark report on 22 October. It is a review of restraint, seclusion and segregation for autistic people and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
29 October 2020 Blog CQC on mental health care CQC have been busily producing reports. Three have landed quite recently: State of Care (you can read our earlier blog here for a summary of the key points), How are people’s mental health needs met in acute hospitals and how can this be improved... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
29 October 2020 Blog State of Care: an overview CQC published their annual assessment of health care and adult social care in England the State of Care 2019/20 earlier this month... Share this article Bookmark this page 7 min read
26 October 2020 Blog Watchdog to investigate do not resuscitate notices in health and adult social care settings Earlier this month the Department of Health and Social Care asked the CQQ to review how Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were used during wave one of the pandemic... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
23 October 2020 Blog Modern methods of construction: what you need to know With construction methods evolving and moving away from the tradition of projects being constructed entirely (or largely) on site, what additional risks do the parties need to consider and how can these be conquered?.. Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
22 October 2020 Blog Health and social care watchdog reveals its refreshed guidance on autism and learning disability Earlier this month, CQC published revised guidance on its policy approach to regulating providers supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability. Right support, right care, right culture is the new updated version of Registering the right support... Share this article Bookmark this page 6 min read
21 October 2020 Blog Court of Protection: What’s the difference between sections 21A and 48 of the Mental Capacity Act (apart from another 27 sections)?! Entanglement no more. We have further clarity on both section 48 and the operation of section 21A procedure. In a decision last month, the CoP provides a welcome steer on these various sections within the MCA. This will be of interest to those working in the field of health and social care... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read