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Feature

SEND reform will be slow-moving

23 April 2025

Worries that a crackdown on private provision of SEND care is imminent seem to be overstated.

Politics & policy

Executive Moves

Care Quality Commission: Professor Aidan Fowler

24 February 2025

The Care Quality Commission has appointed Professor Aidan Fowler as interim chief inspector of healthcare.

Regulation

Executive Moves

Care Quality Commission: Sir Julian Hartley

7 October 2024

The Care Quality Commission has appointed Sir Julian Hartley as its new chief executive.

Regulation

Executive Moves

DAC Beachcroft: Gillian Muir

8 July 2024

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has appointed Gillian Muir as a healthcare litigation partner.

Regulation

Executive Moves

VWV: Gemma Nicholas

4 July 2024

Law firm VWV has appointed Gemma Nicholas as a healthcare regulatory expert in its regulatory compliance team.

Regulation

Executive Moves

Trenholm resigns as CQC chief executive

25 June 2024

The Care Quality Commission’s chief executive Ian Trenholm has announced he is stepping down from his role.

Regulation

Executive Moves

Bevan Brittan: Oonagh Sharma

31 October 2023

Law firm Bevan Brittan has appointment Oonagh Sharma to work with independent health and NHS clients nationwide.

Regulation

News

New CQC assessments to begin

31 October 2023

From 21 November the Care Quality Commission will start using its new single assessment framework in the South region.

Regulation

Executive Moves

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Amerdeep Somal

5 September 2023

Amerdeep Somal has been appointed as the local government and social care ombudsman.

Politics & policy

News

One third of social care providers shut services in 2021, says Hft

20 April 2022

More than a third of social care providers had to close their services permanently or hand back contracts to local authorities in 2021 according to Sector Pulse Check 2021 independent research by learning disability charity Hft.

Social care

News

Compulsory vaccination for health and care staff ends this month

2 March 2022

Vaccination as a condition of deployment for health and social care workers will be revoked on 15 March, the government has confirmed.

Regulation

News

Government unveils integrated NHS and social care aims

9 February 2022

The UK government has announced its plans to improve the links between the NHS and social care in a new integration white paper.

White papers

News

Government to scrap ‘no jab, no job’ rule for health and care workers

1 February 2022

The UK government plans to revoke its mandatory Covid-19 vaccination requirements for health and care staff after warnings that the jab policy could make workforce shortages worse.

Regulation

News

Homecare Association calls for vaccination regulations to be withdrawn

25 January 2022

The association claims that the situation in wider society has moved on since the policy was first proposed and that risks of the regulations outweigh benefits.

Regulation

Feature

Health and social care levy – Can it fix social care?

11 January 2022

For the next three years, people are going to see their tax rates go up and they will expect social care to be fixed. But what's the reality? HealthInvestor UK speaks with Jeremy Richardson, Four Seasons Health Care chief executive to find out more.

Social care

News

Government eases immigration rules for care workers

4 January 2022

The UK government has added care workers, care assistants, and home care workers to the Home Office’s shortage occupation list as the nation suffers a severe shortage.

Sector

News

Councils concerned over health and social care levy

22 December 2021

The Local Government Association, which represents councils, is not convinced the health and social care levy is sufficient to cover unmet care packages, increase pay, and finance care homes fairly.