Welsh providers must publish annual returns on their site
Annual returns have had to sit on your own website since 1 April 2026, and CIW now has stronger investigative powers to check what you publish.
Rewrite your allegations procedure to Wales Section 5
Section 5 of the Wales Safeguarding Procedures has been revised, so your policy on allegations against staff and people in positions of trust needs rewriting.
Two October deadlines every care employer must diary
Tribunal claim limits double to six months on 1 October 2026 and new sexual harassment duties bite on 30 October, with unfair dismissal changes in January 2027.
ICO will now enforce against slow subject access requests
The ICO says it will prioritise enforcement against persistent subject access delays, after a pilot found people waiting up to 16 years for records.
Cheshire West is overruled: review every DoLS you hold
The Supreme Court has overruled its own 2014 decision and scrapped the acid test, and DHSC says cases should be reviewed as soon as is practicable.
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