21 July 2021 Blog LPA Consultation – Making them Fit For The Future The Ministry of Justice and Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) have announced a new 12 week consultation to look at  Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA’s) and how to make them fit for the future... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
14 July 2021 Blog Ministers support mandatory Covid vaccinations for care home staff Earlier this week (13 July 2021) saw ministers vote to approve by 319 votes to 246 the draft Regulations (Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021) to back plans for care home staff to be double vaccinated against Covid-19... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
14 July 2021 Blog Deprivation of liberty and a few observations on NHS Continuing Healthcare packages The decision in AA v GA and An NHS Clinical Commissioning Group concerns a section 21A challenge to a standard authorisation of GA’s deprivation of liberty at her existing placement – an issue that is often argued in the Court of Protection... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
14 July 2021 Blog Proposed changes to Ofsted inspection frequencies for children’s homes and other providers A Department for Education consultation ,published this month, proposes changes to Ofsted inspection cycles for children’s homes and other children’s social care providers... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
13 July 2021 Blog New guidance on hospital discharge and community support Last week, the Department of Health and Social Care published new guidance on hospital discharge and community support... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
8 July 2021 Blog The Health and Care Bill The Government's new Health and Care Bill is the first major piece of primary legislation since the Health and Social Care Act 2012... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
7 July 2021 Blog Unlocking the opportunity in retirement communities and villages As the UK begins its walk towards Freedom Day, more business as usual is returning to the House of Commons... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
6 July 2021 Blog Fire safety post Grenfell Following the Grenfell disaster in June 2017, many of those with an interest in multi-storey, multi-occupied, residential buildings over 18 metres in height have been carrying out investigations on their buildings to ascertain if... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
4 July 2021 Blog ICS development and the employment commitment Rebecca Pallot walks through the key points from NHS England and NHS Improvement’s recently published guidance document on supporting the NHS workforce throughout the development and transition towards statutory Integrated Care Systems... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
1 July 2021 Blog NHS invites bids on exciting new diagnostic framework A contract notice worth £10 billion to provide services at community diagnostic hubs has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
30 June 2021 Blog Health and social care regulators sign up to the Emerging Concerns Protocol The CQC has published the Emerging Concerns Protocol developed under the governance of the Health and Social Care Regulators' Forum... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
30 June 2021 Blog CQC is changing its inspection strategy Last month saw the regulator announce changes to how it regulates services before rolling these out across services from July... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read