Blog archive

The health and care regulator publishes an update to its transformation programme in which the health and care sector will see the implementation of the CQC’s new single assessment framework...

For boards leading digital transformation in health and social care in England, governance is key...

Clarity as to the expectations of the Information Commissioner in relation to data governance can be gleaned by practitioners from the reprimands issued by his office...

The Government has launched the Adult Social Care Technology Fund...

Record levels of vacancies in the NHS will continue to have an impact on private healthcare organisations, as both battle to recruit and retain staff...

The Hewitt review weighs in at 89 pages and sets out 36 recommendations focused on six key principles that will create the environment in which ICSs can ‘thrive and deliver’.

The Government has announced a “delay” to the implementation of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 which was due to amend the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and replace the heavily criticised deprivation of liberty safeguard system...

Patricia Hewitt’s review of integrated care systems in England sets out wide ranging recommendations on oversight and governance...

Increased funding for care homes providing nursing...

The recent case of Hexpress Healthcare Ltd v CQC demonstrates the importance of getting the regulator's Factual Accuracy Check process right...

CQC publish interim guidance on its approach to assessing integrated care systems...

The Government’s plans to reform children’s social care are set out in Stable Homes, Built on Love – the long-awaited response to the three independent reviews published in 2022 into children’s social care in England...