Navigating care home laws and regulations in the UK can be complex. With so many aspects to consider, from finance and employment to property and HR, our solicitors are on hand to help your care home operate as efficiently as possible while abiding by the rules of care home law.
Our lawyers for nursing homes understand how important it is to ensure a safe and legally compliant care home setting. Whether you’re looking to buy or sell a care home, facing compliance challenges, or need employment law advice for care home employees, we can tailor our legal services to suit your facility's needs and pain points.
With our team of nursing home solicitors by your side, we can help you deliver high quality care to your residents by ensuring you’re ready for Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections — avoiding legal action, lawsuits, fines, and closures.
With over 70 years of experience in legal services, we’re lucky to have incredible connections in finance, property, HR, and construction, allowing us to deliver an end-to-end legal service to get your care home where it needs to be — for residents and your business.
Every care home is different, and our adaptable team of legal professionals will take a bespoke approach when handling your care home operations.
If you have recently bought or sold a care home, you will likely need legal and financial advice to maximise your investment. We can provide legal advice on the following:
Whether you’ve acquired land to build a care home or need help managing funding, our team can provide legal advice throughout your care home development project by supporting you in:
We can help you meet the high standards set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) by:
Our employment law services can ensure that your care home employees are managed fairly and legally, reducing the risk of unfair dismissal claims, employee tribunals, and grievances. Our team can help you with:
Our construction and property law services ensure that your care home developments and property transactions comply with all legal requirements, minimising risks related to contracts, property disputes, and construction issues. We can help you with:
If you are buying, selling, or operating a care home, our experienced team at our law firm in Newcastle will gladly assist you with legal advice, guidance, and support.
Contact us today for a no-obligation chat where you can discuss your needs with a legal care home specialist.
In the UK, care homes must abide by:
To evaluate and investigate the operations of your care home, CQC will review your facility based on the following key lines of enquiry (KLOE):
Safety (to prove that your services protect residents from abuse and harm)
Effective (to prove that your services make a difference in a resident’s quality of life)
Caring (to prove that your employees treat residents with dignity and respect)
Responsive (to prove that your services are organised and directly meet the needs of residents)
Well-led (to prove that your services are managed well and offer high-quality care based on individual resident needs)
In any health and social care setting, facilities must follow a set of rules and regulations related to the following:
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