Paul Ridout
Paul Ridout, managing director, Ridouts Professional Services PLC
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- Email:
- paul@ridout-law.com
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Nursing associates – how and when to deploy?
The law gives those setting staffing levels a wide margin of appreciation to deploy according to skill and experience, rather, than simply being tied to professional qualifications, explains Paul Ridout
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Look before you leap into CareB&B
Paul Ridout describes the new proposed CareB&B model as a simplistically attractive short term cost saving opportunity
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Winter pressures: A partial solution
Constructive engagement initiated by the Department of Health and Social Care can address the problem of winter pressures faced by the NHS, writes Paul Ridout
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Do not overlook the real achievements of PFI
Paul Ridout on the role of PFI in the improvement of NHS facilities
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Proposed changes to deprivation of liberty laws – what you need to know
Hope Davis-McCallion explains the Law Commission’s ’urgent’ safeguard suggestions
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Inflammatory language escalated doctors' dispute
The dispute between NHS managers and the hospital doctors brought out their longstanding differences and showed a lack of transparency about the real issues
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The CQC's rating of Addenbrooke's is wrong and unfair
The ‘inadequate’ rating is not accurate
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Joint working is a prelude to integration, not integration itself
There is a lack of intellectual rigour
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Review the CQC challenge policy to avoid Hinchingbrooke style fall outs
The Circle versus CQC spat shows serious organisations can be childish
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New CQC rating system: Regulating for success not failure?
When to challenge the CQC’s hospital ratings and why
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Health and social care should combine in a new 'NCS'
Pool funding into a National Care Service
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CCTV in care homes: A protective measure or an invasion of privacy?
Address leadership, pay and training
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Create an effective, inclusive framework for whistleblowers
Address failure to resolve staff complaints
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Don’t be complacent, regulation is beginning to bite
Be prepared for the single failure regime