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Deaths in Care Homes – CQC to Release Data on all Covid-19 Deaths in English Care Homes on 21 July 2021
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
On the 21st of July 2021, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will release data on Covid-related deaths notified to them between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.
Mei-Ling Huang appointed as Chair at Royds Withy King
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How GCs can develop their business skills to be effective leaders
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We’re delighted to announce our next In conversation with… Dr Catherine McGregor, author of Business Thinking in Practice for In-House Counsel: Taking Your Seat at the Table.
CQC consultation on regulation – what does it mean for care providers?
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
At the start of the year, CQC launched a consultation, entitled “Consultation on changes for flexible regulation”, which is focused on health and social care providers. So what are the implications?
CQC propose to change care home ratings without inspecting
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
A Care Quality Commission consultation on a new regime of regulating care providers will close on 23 March. It proposes a radical reform of care home assessments, including the prospect of changes to ratings without inspections.
Government white paper on NHS and Social Care reform is a tentative start
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
The government has published its white paper outlining proposed reform of the NHS and social care.
Protecting healthcare from the legal ramifications of Covid-19
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
The Coronavirus has challenged us like nothing before and the operational strain is more than anyone should have to bear. Unfortunately, the legal reverberations from this pandemic could go on for some time, even after we have controlled the spread of the virus.
Business interruption insurance – what will the FCA’s test case mean for your business?
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
The Financial Conduct Authority has taken the unusual step to seek legal clarity on business interruption insurance claims.
Business interruption insurance – what does the FCA say?
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
Our Dispute Resolution lawyers explain the steps the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have taken to seek legal clarity on business interruption insurance.
Board briefing: looking ahead to mitigate risk
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
Despite the ongoing frontline challenges, you will need to look ahead, anticipate the next set of challenges and put appropriate measures in place to protect your organisation.
Our Health & Social Care team has prepared a Briefing for Boards, CEOs and in-house counsel in the social care sector to help you identify risks that may lie ahead and deal with them appropriately to minimise the impact.
MPs and commentators misguided to call for care home residents to be moved into hospitals
Posted by Mei-Ling Huang, Partner
The Care Association Alliance, a professional body that represents 38 regional Care Associations who between them represent thousands of care services across the UK, have today issued this statement in response to MPs, notably Shadow Heath Secretary Jonathan Ashworth MP, calling for care residents to be moved from their homes into hospital environments.