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
27 October 2021 Blog New consultation on extending free PPE to the health and care sector The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking views on extending the provision of free personal protective equipment (PPE) to the sector beyond 1 April 2022 when this central, free provision comes to an end... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
27 October 2021 Blog CQC’s review of the year On 22 October 2021 CQC published their annual State of Health Care and Social Care in England... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
27 October 2021 Blog Coercive behaviour, mental capacity and decision making A recent decision from the Court of Protection concerning decisions about contact restrictions and marriage... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
22 October 2021 Blog Care home group fined for corporate manslaughter The news that a care home group (Aster Healthcare Ltd) has been convicted of corporate manslaughter and fined £1.04million will serve as a salutary reminder to care home providers... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read