A local review of section 17 leave forms in conjunction with the Mental Health Act Code of Practice: recommendations for future practice by Shayanthan Pathmanathan, Georgina Edgerley Harris, Giles Townsend

“…Aims and method The aim of this project was to set out recommendations for the section 17 leave form to reflect guidance provided in the Mental Health Act 1983: Code of Practice, following local Care Quality Commission feedback. We reviewed guidance in the Code and publicly available leave forms to identify items to include in the leave form. …”
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Does outsourcing enable the survival of good care homes? A longitudinal analysis of all care homes in England, 2011–2023 by Anders Malthe Bach-Mortensen, Michelle Degli Esposti, Benjamin Goodair

“…We aimed to test whether ownership (for-profit, public and third sector (non-profit)) influences determinants of closure among all care homes in England, 2011–2023.Methods We created a dataset of all care homes from 2011 to 2023 (29 548 care homes and 8346 closures) and Care Quality Commission inspections from 2014 to 2023 (n=65 726). …”
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