Care Quality Commission finds growing inequalities in access to health and social care in England

BMJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. k4300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Limb
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission

The shocking revelations of the Care Quality Commission's report on DNACPR decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Amanda Halliwell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Interim Report ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission

During the COVID-19 pandemic, after concerns were raised, the Care Quality Commission was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social care to review DNACPR decision-making. Amanda Halliwell reviews their interim report.

Care Quality Commission consults on changes to regulatory inspection process

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 318-319
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission ◽  
Inspection Process ◽  
Recent Initiative ◽  
The University

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses a recent initiative from the Care Quality Commission to fundamentally change its method of health and social care inspections

Rising to the challenge: the Care Quality Commission's urgent powers

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-173
Author(s):  
Sarah Dobson
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Legal Challenge ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission ◽  
Enforcement Activity

An increase in the Care Quality Commission enforcement activity, a flexing of its powers as a regulator, has been observed throughout health and social care. Sarah Dobson explains what these powers are, how they can affect your organisation and how to bring a legal challenge

An end-of-year report card for the Care Quality Commission

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (17) ◽  
pp. 1152-1153
Author(s):  
John Tingle
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Report Card ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Law School ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the Annual Report and Accounts 2018–2019 of the health and social care regulator

Discharging patients with COVID-19 to designated settings: infection control and the Department of Health and Social Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Amanda Halliwell
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Care Homes ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Quality Care ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission

COVID-19 positive patients are being discharged from hospital to care homes approved by the Care Quality Commission for safe, high-quality care. What assurance does this provide that infection will not be spread, as it was in the first wave, and has sufficient capacity been created? Amanda Halliwell examines the Department of Health and Social Care’s scheme.

The new Care Quality Commission inspection procedures

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (15) ◽  
pp. 938-939
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses recent changes to the way in which the Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducts its health and social care inspections

DNAR orders during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
Amanda Halliwell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Interim Report ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission was commissioned by the Department of Health and Social care to review do not attempt resuscitation decision-making during the Covid-19 pandemic. Amanda Halliwell reviews their interim report

scholarly journals The legal duty of candour in healthcare: the lessons of history?

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Catherine Kelly ◽  
Oliver Quick
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Statutory Duty ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Quality Commission ◽  
Legal Duty ◽  
The Uk

Providers of health and social care in England are under a statutory duty to be open and honest with patients who suffer harm when receiving care or treatment. This ‘duty of candour’ was introduced by regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and is one of 13 fundamental standards of care regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This was hailed as a landmark for openness in patient–professional relationships and as having the potential for enhancing a safety culture in healthcare. However, the decision to supplement existing ethical duties and policy initiatives encouraging openness with a statutory duty was contentious and encountered considerable medical resistance. This paper will trace the background to the legal duty, analyse its contents and consider its enforcement and potential obstacles to its effectiveness. Our analysis will foreground resistance based in practitioners’ and healthcare institutions’ fear of litigation and prosecution in the UK. However, opposition to candour emerged within the medical profession prior to the emergence of modern liability systems. This paper will argue that in order to create a culture of candour it is important to look beyond the more commonly identified professional concerns about litigation and understand these historical trends. In particular, we argue that a longer-term understanding of medical resistance to openness has important lessons for the likely effectiveness of the legal duty of candour.

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