carehomes

04

Nov

2022

Determined Not to Go Into a Care Home? Your Wishes Are Due Full Respect

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Written by Tracy Creed

Many frail and vulnerable people have an antipathy to institutional care and wish for nothing more than to stay in their own homes. That may not always be feasible but, as a Court of Protection ruling showed, judges pay the greatest respect to their...

11

May

2022

COVID-19 Care Home Deaths – High Court Identifies ‘Irrational’ Policy Failures

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Written by Mike Sutton

Claims that government policy failures contributed to the shocking tally of about 20,000 care home deaths in England during the COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave have been leant substantial weight by a unique High Court ruling. The daughters of two...

07

Jan

2022

High Court Exonerates Care Homes Provider Accused of Exploiting Clients

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Written by Dean Parnell

It is important not to under-rate the good sense of the average consumer. The High Court resoundingly made that point in exonerating a care homes provider that was accused by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) of levying unfair and...

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