Category - Legal

The CQC’s first prosecution of an independent provider
All health and social care providers and managers have a statutory duty of candour in accordance with...

The main purpose of many recruitment businesses in the care sector is to recruit the right individuals into a care setting. For many, this is where their role...

The widespread suspension of family visits and the implementation of restrictions on visits to residents of care homes has been widely reported in the media...

Whilst the CQC’s core regulatory role has not changed, the pandemic has undoubtedly highlighted the need for the CQC to change its approach to the way in...

It would be an understatement to say that 2020 had been a difficult and challenging year for the adult social care sector. The emergence of a global pandemic...

‘Working Families’, a charity advocating for flexible working arrangements, commissioned a poll earlier this month, which asked parents across the nation...

It was recently reported that the CQC prosecuted the University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for breaching the duty of candour, contrary to Regulation 20 of...

One of the unfortunate outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic is that many care homes may end up having to close due to the additional financial pressures this...