tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post7773651514792538400..comments2023-08-10T15:02:51.259+01:00Comments on The Small Places: Is Personalisation inadvertently criminalising carers?Lucy Serieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-82491855617814828592011-09-03T10:35:45.923+01:002011-09-03T10:35:45.923+01:00Hi Ned,
I think the practical reality is that a c...Hi Ned,<br /><br />I think the practical reality is that a carer who employs someone using a direct payment is highly unlikely to be prosecuted for not being registered - probably the best thing is to ring CQC themselves and get that in writing from them. I have found the people in their call centre to be really helpful. I believe that the consultation is also exploring whether third parties should be able to purchase care from unregistered providers, which would mean you could use the providers who have pulled out due to a CQC registration technicality - although this is yet to be confirmed.<br /><br />Yep, CQC regulations do seem to be a bit of a mess at the moment! Hopefully this consultation will clear things up a bit.Lucy Serieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-2623376189654502592011-09-02T23:56:05.238+01:002011-09-02T23:56:05.238+01:00This is really worrying me - not something I'd...This is really worrying me - not something I'd even thought of. My son lacks capacity (PMLD) and one of his providers has pulled back from part of his care (because of a CQC registration technicality) The solution being put forward is that we, as carers take a bit of his package as a personalized budget to employ nurses for the resultant gap. There is no way we could satisfy CQC requirements - that's why the provider has dropped this part of his care. <br />net result is this care isn't provided i.e. we do it.<br />Idiocy is day care doesn't need CQC registration and isn't regulated - so his nurses during the day aren't covered by CQC anyway.<br />CQC regulations are a mess and are causing real problems on the ground, certainly for us.ned ludd carerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087056514386460357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-17822729161313730772011-07-19T00:13:41.650+01:002011-07-19T00:13:41.650+01:00I have been giving this further thought, and it oc...I have been giving this further thought, and it occurred to me that according to the Department of Health consultation document this situation resulted because they thought that carers would either be using user trusts (who are required to CRB check any personal assistants) or else purchasing directly from a registered provider. Because carers aren't always doing this, I wonder if the situation that has arisen - that PA's can be employed by family carers without CRB checks or minimum training - has actually arisen as an oversight. Will investigate this further, but it might be something worth raising in the current DH consultation?Lucy Serieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-40685528082390499502011-07-18T21:17:40.731+01:002011-07-18T21:17:40.731+01:00I commented on this issue during a local consultat...I commented on this issue during a local consultation and trial period for direct payments, along with my other concern that carers and clients without capacity to arrange thier own care packages would be unlikely to navigate the area around regulation for service providers - how do you know they are legit? Who does the CRB checks? Who will check that individuals are trained to provide the level of care that is being purchased. No-one was interested (on the council side - they were more interested in the free market aspect of the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com