POSTED BY AMANDA NARKIEWICZ | 5 SEPTEMBER 2024 CQC’s bulletin reviewed: four changes coming down the track CQC interim chief executive has announced some steps they’ve taken to progress the priority areas... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read Governance and board issues Regulation Social care
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 5 SEPTEMBER 2024 New care homes will need to be fitted with sprinklers from March 2025 A new provision for sprinklers to be installed in new care homes has been announced by the building safety minister... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 3 SEPTEMBER 2024 Care providers and CQC’s ‘green’ quality statement Environmental sustainability is an important quality statement in the well-led area of the CQC's Single Assessment Framework... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY SOPHIE BURTON-JONES | 2 SEPTEMBER 2024 New virtual wards operational framework Virtual wards allow patients of all ages to receive acute care safely and conveniently at their usual place of residence, including care homes... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 2 SEPTEMBER 2024 Parliament returns: what legislation is coming down the track? The Labour government will have been in power two months when parliament returns on 2 September. So, what legislation is coming down the track? Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY CHARLOTTE LEWIS | 30 AUGUST 2024 A digital health record for every citizen A new report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change makes a clarion call for a NHS digital health record for every citizen to help drive improvements to health and care and be ready for the AI era... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY CLAIRE WILLIAMS | 29 AUGUST 2024 The importance of being organised: IT patching and related liabilities Patch management is a key part of information security compliance, both as regards personal data and more widely... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY NEIL WARD | 21 AUGUST 2024 Landmark decision on belief and the mental capacity test A new decision from the Court of Appeal finds there is no requirement for "belief" in the Mental Capacity Act functional test... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
POSTED BY RONA MCPHERSON | 15 AUGUST 2024 New Provider Selection Regime FAQs To support NHS professionals involved in contracting of health care services, NHS England has recently updated its FAQs on the PSR... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY JILL MASON | 8 AUGUST 2024 Safe and effective reporting on suicides How we communicate about suicide both in the media and in prevention messages is important. Responsible reporting of suicide in the media is an important strand of suicide prevention... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
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