The terms of reference for the two independent inquiries into the CQC’s regulation of Whorlton Hall are published on the CQC website. David Noble QSO is commissioned to undertake an independent review into how it dealt with concerns raised by Barry…
In Re NB [2019] EWCOP17, NB came to live in the UK in 1985 and married her husband (AU) abroad in 1992. The couple have been living together in London since 1997, following periods of separation and living abroad owing…
Reform of the statutory underpinnings for professional regulators in the health sector has had its fair share of false dawns over the last decade. Perhaps the most significant of those being the establishment of the Office of the Health Professions…
Following the death of 19-year old Mr Jamie Osborne on 12 February 2016, who was on remand at HMP Lewes, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) prosecuted Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Sussex Partnership) in circumstances which the CQC reported as…
When CQC is proposing to take civil enforcement action without following an urgent process, then they will serve a Notice of Proposal on the registered provider. This notifies the provider of the action that the CQC is proposing. Commonly this is…
When CQC civil enforcement action arises this will most commonly follow the Notice of Proposal procedure. An alternative track is s.31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. This provides the CQC with an alternative, speedier procedure to vary or…
At the start of June 2019 the GMC published an independent review of gross negligence manslaughter (GNM) and culpable homicide (CH). The report explored the fractured relationship between healthcare professionals and the GMC. As part of the report equality, diversity…
Figures requested by this firm under a Freedom of Information request to the General Dental Council (GDC) indicate that each year a large number of dentists and Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) are removed from the GDC Register for failure to…
Welsh Assembly Dentistry Inquiry In May 2019 the National Assembly’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee published an inquiry into dentistry in Wales. Reform of the current Units of Dentistry Activity system was one of the key recommendations. This briefing explores…
This week saw the publication of the much anticipated, GMC commissioned, report into gross negligence manslaughter prosecutions and any subsequent GMC action. The antipathy between the GMC and the professional bodies in the aftermath of the Dr Bawa-Garba case is well…
