Health & Social Care News
Risk & Governance examines the regulatory, operational and financial risks facing health and social care organisations.
Topics include insurance, safeguarding, compliance, governance frameworks and the strategies providers use to protect their organisations and ensure resilient service delivery.
Adult social care has achieved something significant. By the 30 June 2026 deadline, 22,429 CQC-registered adult social care services in England had an up-to-date Data Security and Protection Toolkit, representing…
Something important is happening at the boundary between health and social care. A care worker helps someone monitor their blood glucose. Another supports wound or pressure-area care. A home-care worker…
A care provider can do a great many things correctly and still suffer a serious cyber incident. Its employees can use strong passwords. Multi-factor authentication can be enabled. Devices can…
It is 6.15am. The night team tries to open the digital care record. Nothing loads. The electronic medication system is unavailable. The rota cannot be accessed. Email is down. The…
Care Circle Network Intelligence Insight New Care Circle Network analysis reveals a striking relationship between provider scale and current digital assurance. Among active care locations with an exact DSPT match,…
July 2026 delivered a sharp reminder that property risk in the United Kingdom is changing. Provisional Met Office figures described a prolonged heatwave, exceptionally low rainfall and widespread drought conditions.…
The Financial Conduct Authority has been simplifying parts of the insurance rulebook. By 27 July 2026, the first summer package of targeted amendments had largely come into force. Most of…
Adult social care is no longer simply using digital technology. It is becoming operationally dependent on it. Digital social care records hold information about: Electronic medicines systems guide administration. Rostering…
In our detailed review of 18 recent CQC inspection reports across care homes, nursing homes and specialist services, every single service received a Requires Improvement or Inadequate rating for Well-led.…
In our recent articles, we explored the shift to continuous assessment and the move away from inspection as a periodic event. The CQC 2026 rebuild is now moving from direction…