Care Quality Commission Enforcements and Prosecutions
If you require support on a Care Quality Commission legal matter, call us and we will listen to you with no obligations and offer you help with clear next steps guidance.
Rachel Adamson and her team have successfully challenged the Care Quality Commission for many years. Rachel instinctively understands the challenges care providers are facing and has extensive experience in representing organisations and individuals facing enforcement procedures; poor inspection reports and other compliance action being taken by the CQC.
At Adkirk Law we can help you challenge Fixed Penalty Notices, Warning Notices, Ratings and Enforcement decisions. We can help you draft a robust response to a Notice of Proposal to cancel, vary, suspend or refuse your registration. We can defend you against a Notice of Decisions to take away your registration.
If this is an urgent Notice of Decision made under S30 or S31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (HSCA) we can defend you. We understand the regulation regime that you need to comply with to operate as a care provider whether you are a care home, nursing home, domiciliary care provider, GP/Dentist surgery or more specialist care provider.
Contact Us today if you have any questions on Care Quality Commission.
Can a CQC solicitor help challenge a Fixed Penalty Notice or Warning Notice?
Yes. Adkirk Law helps care providers challenge Fixed Penalty Notices, Warning Notices, Ratings and other CQC enforcement decisions.
What if I've received a Notice of Proposal to cancel or vary my registration?
We help you draft a robust response to a Notice of Proposal to cancel, vary, suspend or refuse your registration, protecting your position from the outset.
Can Adkirk Law defend an urgent CQC Notice of Decision?
Yes. If you’ve received an urgent Notice of Decision made under Section 30 or 31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, our CQC solicitors can defend you.
Which care providers does Adkirk Law's CQC team work with?
We understand the regulation regime for care homes, nursing homes, domiciliary care providers, GP and dentist surgeries, and more specialist care providers.
Can I appeal a CQC decision to take away my registration?
Yes. We can defend you against a Notice of Decision to take away your registration, including representations to a Notice of Proposal and appeals to the First Tier Tribunal (Care Standards).
ADKIRK LAW IS ABLE TO ADVISE ON THE FOLLOWING:-
- Representations to a Notice of Proposal to cancel, vary, suspend or refuse your registration;
- Appeal against a Notice of Decision to the First Tier Tribunal (Care Standards Tribunal);
- Represent you in the Magistrates’ Court (for a S30 HSCA application or if you are charged with a criminal breach of regulations);
- Defend you in an interview under caution;
- Defend you in a criminal prosecution;
- Draft a Ratings Review Request on your behalf;
- Assist you with a factual accuracy response on draft inspection reports;
- Challenge Fixed Penalty Notices;
- Challenge Warning Notices;
- Adult Safeguarding;
- Inquests.
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