This Practice Note sets out the role, powers and functions of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). What is the CQC? The CQC is a non-departmental statutory body, sponsored...
This Practice Note sets out the powers and practice of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) on sanctions and enforcement. What is the CQC? The CQC is a non-departmental...
This Practice Note sets out the powers and practice of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when conducting inspections and reviews of registered care providers What is the...
What are Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)? Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are National Health Service (NHS) organisations, comprising a consortia of General...
The NHS complaints procedure A patient’s search for a proper explanation about what went wrong, for an apology and for a promise that such mistakes will not be repeated...
Any consultation exercise carried out by a public authority in relation to a proposed decision must be conducted at a time when proposals are at a sufficiently formative...
This Practice Note provides a summary of key prosecutions for health and social care offences brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England since 2015. This...
A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that enables an individual (the ‘donor’) to appoint one or more people (known as ‘attorneys’ or 'donees') to make...
A data protection impact assessment (DPIA) does what the name suggests—it’s a way of assessing the data protection impact of a particular project or process on any...
The General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) contains a set of core data protection principles that controllers must comply with. These are...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 received Royal Assent on 16 May 2019. This Act amends the Mental Capacity Act 2005, replacing the current...
The Tribunals, Courts & Enforcement Act 2007 (TCEA 2007) into force on 3rd November 2008 creating the ‘new’ Mental Health Review Tribunals structure of a First-Tier...
There have been concerns for many years over the detention and representation of those persons whose state of mind did not require such detention. It was against the...
General Dental Council The General Dental Council (GDC) is the statutory body that regulates dentists and dental care professionals in the UK, pursuant to the Dentists...
Fitness to practise process When a concern is raised in relation to a registrant, the General Dental Council (GDC) will consider whether it is the correct organisation to...
Practice committees Where the Case Examiners (CEs) or the Investigating Committee (IC) have referred an allegation to a Practice Committee, the Practice Committee to...
