POSTED BY SAMUEL LINDSAY | 14 JULY 2022 Candour and honesty for health and care providers The CQC has updated its duty of candour guidance making changes to clarify how registered providers of health and care should apply the term “unexpected or unintended” to decide if something qualifies as a ‘notifiable safety incident’ or not... Read more Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read Governance and board issues Regulation Social care
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 11 JULY 2022 A new data strategy for health and care The Department of Health and Social Care's final version of the NHS’s data strategy, Data saves lives is the clearest articulation of how the Department intends to ensure that data will be used to improve the health and care of the population... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY HOLLY MORRISON-CARTER | 11 JULY 2022 Safety watchdog finds shortage of learning disability nurses risks medicine omissions The shortage of learning disability nurses is impacting the quality of patient care an investigation has revealed... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 6 JULY 2022 New regulations on Integrated Care Board exceptions to core responsibility New regulations set out the list of people that are exceptions to the group of people for whom an Integrated Care Board will ordinarily have core responsibility... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
POSTED BY TANIA RICHARDS | 6 JULY 2022 Revised hospital discharge guidance introduces new duties for hospitals NHS England has updated its hospital discharge and community support guidance to reflect the changes introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022 which came into force on 1 July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY HELEN TRINGHAM | 5 JULY 2022 ICO re-set on public sector enforcement The Information Commissioner’s Office has set out a new approach to working with public authorities, focusing on raising data protection standards and sharing good practice while reducing the impact of fines... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
POSTED BY KATRINA MCCRORY | 5 JULY 2022 NHS England’s updated Who Pays? guidance: what NHS commissioners need to know New updated Who Pays? guidance is key reading material for the newly formed Integrated Care Boards who now have responsibility for the commissioning functions previously held by CCGs. The updated guidance takes effect from 1 July 2022... Share this article Bookmark this page 4 min read
POSTED BY ROB DAY | 1 JULY 2022 Supporting NHS trusts and foundations trusts on good governance and collaboration within Integrated Care Systems As part of the development of ICSs, NHS England has launched a six week consultation on draft guidance supporting NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts to work effectively within systems... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
POSTED BY RHIAN VANDRILL | 1 JULY 2022 ICSs and their Integrated Care Boards go-live Today (1 July 2022) 42 Integrated Care Boards across England will be established under the Health and Care Act 2022.... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
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