Insights and Guidance - Page 5

Social media endorsement is seen by brand owners as a powerful marketing tool in 2025 and there are no signs of its use slowing down. The rapid increase in marketing on platforms such as TikTok...

A recent Care Standards Tribunal decision – Westhope Limited v Care Quality Commission – has highlighted the approach CQC should be applying when deciding on whether to continue to pursue...

It has been a busy Spring, starting with changes to GPhC guidance on distance selling pharmacies, the shock announcement that NHS England will be abolished and just recently the announcement of an...

Essential Learning Points Recent case law and updated statutory guidance has made it extremely clear that if a child is in receipt of the Free Early Education Entitlement, this place must be...

Here at Gordons Partnership Solicitors, we regularly assist applicants for registration as providers and managers when they have received a Notice of Proposal or Notice of Decision to refuse...

The past 12 months have been a whirlwind time for providers regulated by CQC. We have seen the full roll-out of the Single Assessment Framework (“SAF”), the damning findings of the Dash Review...

When reviewing CQC draft inspection reports, it is important to remind ourselves what amounts to evidence and what does not. As CQC stated back in 2013 in its Inspector’s handbook: Unfortunately,...

The Stamp Duty Rates are changing from 1st April 2025. What is Stamp Duty Land Tax? Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is payable on the purchase of a property or land in England and Northern Ireland. Why...

Recently, we have seen an influx of enquiries from Providers of children’s homes services who have received notices of proposal and/or notices of decision from Ofsted to refuse their applications...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has released an updated version of its guidance for online pharmacies. This 2025 revision brings greater clarity to the standards pharmacies must meet,...