The effective management of infection risk in care homes
Health & Social Care
18 September 2020
CQC’s latest infection control guidance
The Care Quality Commission recently published their guidance on infection prevention and control to look at how well staff and residents living in care...
Is CQC about to adopt a covert surveillance culture?
Health & Social Care
18 September 2020
Neil Grant recently had an article titled “Is CQC about to adopt a covert surveillance culture?” published in Caring Times.
As far as I am aware, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) does not...
Amy Archer and her sister-in-law walked for 14 hours straight, around a local football pitch, to raise money for the charity HASTE [Heart and Stroke Trust Endeavour], in memory of her Grandfather....
How has the CMA and GPhC cracked down on profiteering pharmacies?
Healthcare
14 August 2020
The CMA and GPhC have warned pharmacies against profiteering during COVID-19, says Susan Hunneyball.
In March, I wrote about profiteering from COVID-19 and flagged up the steps that the...
As you all know, CQC’s Emergency Support Framework came into force on Monday 4 May 2020, with details about it being published for the first time the previous Friday. However, it is now on the...
GMC Interim Orders on the basis of ‘public interest’
Healthcare
5 August 2020
This article explores the circumstances whereby a Practitioner’s GMC registration may be made the subject of an interim order on the basis that it is in the public interest.
Where a complaint is...
Further to the Chancellor’s earlier announcement HMRC have now issued further details of the much talked about SDLT holiday.
Buyers will benefit from this reduction if they complete a purchase...
This week (6th-12th July 2020) is #GladtoCare Awareness Week and here at Gordons, we want to show our support for this campaign to celebrate the wonderful efforts of those working in the care...
Members of our team, at Gordons Partnership, signed up to take part in the London Legal Walk which is a 10K walk to support the frontline free legal advice services.
In 2019, 15,000 people took on...
P3 Pharmacy magazine recently published an article written by our Healthcare Regulatory Lawyer, Susan Hunneyball.
Read the full article below.
“Solicitor Susan Hunneyball reviews the legal...