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Regulator finds disturbing inconsistencies, including order being applied to everyone over 80 with dementia in one residence
A report published by the CQC found disturbing variations in people’s experiences of do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions during the pandemic.
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Care home residents and staff were put at risk of infection because personal protective equipment (PPE) was used wrongly, a health watchdog has said.
Croft House, in Ossett, near Wakefield, has been put in special measures after being deemed “inadequate” by the CQC inspectors.
The home was “not well-led”, according to inspectors who
visited last Countrywide Care Homes, which runs the site, said improvements had been made since the inspection.
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A legal and regulatory specialist in health and social care has warned that with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) reporting a marked rise in whistleblowers, care providers need to be well-prepared.
Speaking on the topic during a recent Access All Areas webinar, Neil Grant, partner at Gordons Partnership LLP, pointed to CQC data highlighting that whistle blowing had increased by more than 50 per cent to 6,972 in the year up to September 2020.
During the pandemic, the CQC has changed the way it operates with routine inspections stopped and the focus shifting to supportive conversations with care providers and managers.
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Care home residents and staff were put at risk of infection because personal protective equipment (PPE) was used wrongly, a health watchdog has said.
Croft House, in Ossett, near Wakefield, has been put in special measures after being deemed “inadequate” by Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors.
The home was “not well-led”, according to inspectors who visited last year.
Countrywide Care Homes, which runs the site, said improvements had been made since the inspection on 18 December.
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As an employer, you have a legal duty to protect workers from harm. You should make sure you consider the risk to workers who are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19) and put controls in place to reduce that risk. Read
to begin discharging early thousands of hospital patients, for who it is deemed safe enough to do so, to either their own homes, or in some circumstances hotels which have been commissioned out by the health service.
By discharging patients early, where appropriate, it will help under pressure hospitals around England free up both bed capacity and, crucially, the necessary staff to manage them for Covid-19 patients requiring urgent care.
HSE’s Annual musculoskeletal risk reduction through design awards 2020/21 are now open for nominations. Last time round we received nominations from employers in railways, construction, transport and logistics, manufacturing, utilities & health care settings
We would like to broaden this to cover a wide range of industry sectors and workplace settings this year and wish to welcome and encourage entries from all sectors of the workplace. I
In practice, MSDs don’t restrict themselves to just a few sectors – they are widely spread out across the vast majority of work place sectors.
There are no restrictions on the size of the employer who may make a nomination and both large and small employers are welcome – small scale /low cost solutions are just as welcome as large scale/high cost design solutions.
Nominations can be sent to: msdpp@hse.gov.uk and details of how to enter can be found on the HSE website