A £1 million reminder – supervision saves lives

A care home has been fined over £1 million after a resident tragically chocked to death while eating alone. Their care plan required close supervision during meals, yet staff left them unattended for 20 minutes. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed this...

Legislation update

Prior to the Christmas recess period, two significant pieces of legislation received Royal Assent. On 18 December, the long-awaited Mental Health Bill became law. The new Act is designed to modernise a framework that has been largely unchanged since the 1980s, with a...

Reminder – National Living and Minimum Wage updates

We would like to remind providers about the recent Government update to the National Living and National Minimum wage, which took effect from April 2024. Read more… Reminder – National Living and Minimum Wage updates A reminder that the Government announced updates to...