Articles in ‘Health and Social Care’ Category

Social care lawyers RWK Goodman have been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the influential trade newspaper Health Investor. The firm has been shortlisted for the ‘Legal Advisors of the Year – Transactional’ award…

Health and social care providers will often be presented with requests for records from service users or their relatives. It is important for providers to only disclose information to those with authority to request…

Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (“the Act”), a service provider who carries out a regulated activity must be registered with the CQC. This can mean both individuals and organisations. But what…

Law firm RWK Goodman has advised on the sale of two specialist dementia care homes by long-standing client and care provider Equality Care Limited. Equality Care Limited is a successful family-owned business operating specialist…

The long-awaited White Paper on Social Care reform was published by the Government today. It will disappoint and frustrate social care providers as it fails to address the lack of adequate funding into the…

Law firm RWK Goodman has advised on the sale of a well-respected and long-established nursing home in Looe, Cornwall. Hillcrest Nursing Home, an 88-bed nursing and dementia home, was sold to Impact Healthcare REIT…

On 8 December, the Government updated its guidance on mandatory vaccination and temporary medical exemptions for care home staff. The self-certified temporary exemption will now expire on 31 March 2022 instead of 23 December…

Care workers will soon be added to the Shortage Occupation List, which means they will be eligible for sponsorship and the Health and Care Visa. This is a response to the urgent recommendations from…

Social care providers have again faced a challenging year and 2022 looks to hold more of the same. Here are the three things the social care sector will need to address in 2022. A…

The Government has announced plans to revoke the legislation making mandatory vaccination a condition of deployment in care homes, the wider social care sector, and the NHS. The decision has clearly already been made…

We have advised Angel Residential Home Ltd on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Lowfield House Limited, as the care provider group embarks on a period of growth and expansion. Lowfield…

This week, the Government published their plans on how the social care sector and wider economy will be supported as the country deals with the next phase of COVID-19. We set out below what…