Ridouts considers how useful the CQC’s Rating Review procedure is and how can you raise a challenge to a rating you disagree with.
Regulation
Connected Health Plus has been rated 'Inadequate' following huge failings, including missed house calls and unsafe management of medicines.
The service in is closing down its operations and working with the local authority to find alternative provision.
An open letter has called for urgent government reform as staff shortages pose a major risk to the safety and sustainability of services.
Home care workers in Wales were required to register with the statutory regulator, Social Care Wales, in April 2020.
The rules for social care staff are stricter than those which apply to the general public, who are only advised to get a PCR test.
The ability to challenge decisions made by local councils about adult social care will be scrutinised in a major new inquiry.
The director of the company based in Somerset pleaded guilty to providing personal care in people’s own homes without registration.
The Care Quality Care Commission (CQC) is calling on adult social care providers to share their experience of sharing information digitally during the pandemic.
Care at home service, Caremark (Havering), has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC.