CQC's new assessment approach - what providers need to know By Gill Weatherill, Corinne Slingo, Tracey Longfield, Anna Hart, Belinda Dix, Bena Brown It's been a long time in the planning, but CQC's new approach to assessing health and social care…
ESG in Health and Social Care By Anna Hart Environmental, Social and Governance (”ESG”) considerations flow through almost every decision and…
How will CQC assess ICSs? - what we know so far By Gill Weatherill, Corinne Slingo, Anna Hart The CQC now has new powers (since 1 April 2023) to assess Integrated Care Systems (ICSs)…
Challenging the fairness of CQC reports: latest from the courts By Gill Weatherill, Anna Hart, Corinne Slingo Health and social care providers will be acutely aware that poor ratings in CQC inspection reports…
Inclusive Neighbourhoods By Anna Hart Anna Hart examines a report that considers how successfully housing with care and support integrate…
Adult social care reform proposals - what might they mean for providers? By Anna Hart, Louise Watson-Jones, Stan Campbell What does the government’s long-awaited White Paper on adult social care reform mean for…
CQC prosecutions: latest on how the Courts decide level of fine By Anna Hart, Tracey Longfield, Corinne Slingo, Robyn Reed With the number of CQC prosecutions against health and social care providers on the rise and the…
Health and Care Bill 2021: The role of Local Authorities in Integrated Care Systems By Anna Hart, Charlotte Burnett, Hamza Drabu In the last of our current series of comment pieces on the Health and Care Bill 2021, we consider…
Health and Care Bill 2021: Implications for social care providers By Anna Hart, Hamza Drabu, Anne-Marie Gregory Continuing our series of briefings about the Health and Care Bill 2021, we focus here on the impact…
What does the future hold for CQC regulation? - Have your say By Corinne Slingo, Anna Hart The window of opportunity is still open (until 4 March, when the consultation closes) to influence…
Social Care - 2020 and beyond By Anna Hart Even before Covid-19, there were concerns about the fragmented delivery and scarcity of funding…
Social Care - 2020 and beyond: Regulation and governance By Anna Hart For the social care sector to thrive, regulation and governance will need careful attention.
Social Care - 2020 and beyond: Investment and finance By Anna Hart Social care offers opportunities for investors, although innovation and legislative change is…
Social Care - 2020 and beyond: New opportunities, New Beginning By Anna Hart Better public understanding is needed, not least to ensure awareness of the career opportunities…
Social Care - 2020 and beyond: Conclusions and Recommendations By Anna Hart This report examines some of the challenges in the care system in terms of regulation,…
CQC’s revamped factual accuracy check guidance: What’s new? By Tracey Longfield, Gill Weatherill, Corinne Slingo, Anna Hart The 10 day period for commenting on the factual accuracy of draft Care Quality Commission (CQC)…
Paying the price? Latest on approach to calculating fines in health and social care safety prosecutions By Tracey Longfield, Anna Hart Summary An NHS Trust has recently been fined £333,333 in an HSE prosecution relating to inpatient…
To disclose or not to disclose? - Preserving privilege in criminal regulatory cases By Tracey Longfield, Anna Hart Summary To what extent can legal privilege be relied on to resist disclosure of documents created…