Insights and Guidance - Page 7

Recent Successes: factual accuracy checks and written representations The Health and Social Care team at Gordons Partnership regularly advises social care providers on receipt of Care Quality...

Gordons Care Sector Legal Report – April 2022 The LPS Consultation is finally here! After much anticipation, the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) consultation was finally published on 17...

Lucy Bowker, Solicitor in Gordons Partnership Health and Social Care department, is featured in the October issue of Caring UK, discussing the CQC’s new approach to...

CQC Inspections and Conflicts of Interest Over the last three years, Gordons Partnership Solicitors has advised several providers on conflicts of interest on the part of CQC inspectors. One CQC...

On 8th October 2021, Aster Healthcare Ltd, who owned and operated Birdsgrove Nursing Home in Bracknell, was convicted of corporate manslaughter. In 2015, a 93-year-old woman sustained burns across...

CQC Consultation Response – A Team Effort The Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) launched their new strategy on 27 May 2021, following consultation with those who make up the sector. Some of the...

The Care Show 2021 will be taking place on the 13th and 14th of October 2021 at the NEC Birmingham.  The show is the largest completely care focused event in the UK and provides specialist lead...

The Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo is dedicated to inspiring business growth & sustainable social care. Taking place on the 15th and 16th September at the NEC Birmingham, the event will...

Background There are defining moments in the history of health and social care, one of them being the Panorama programme into the serious abuse of patients at Winterbourne View Hospital in Bristol...

Will providers see a revolution in the way they are regulated or a steady evolution? Introduction The way CQC monitors health and social care services is going to change, although quite what it...