Hempsons is an award-winning law firm committed to the health, social care, and charity sectors, with a dedicated national team of experts across five offices in the UK.

At Hempsons, we have a long-standing commitment to the social care sector, and our dedicated team is renowned for its expertise and dedication to supporting care providers across the UK. We understand the complexities and challenges faced by social care providers, and we offer a full spectrum of legal services to address these needs.

Our legal and regulatory advice covers a wide range of areas, including GDPR, safeguarding, employment, property, charity law, and dispute resolution. We also have a superb corporate commercial team who can support providers looking to expand or sell their business, negotiate commercial agreements and contracts, tender for business, or deal with disputes of a commercial nature.

We are delighted to be sponsoring the new CQC area of the CMM website. Our extensive experience in CQC matters sets us apart as a trusted advisor in the sector. We have a profound understanding of CQC's regulatory landscape, thanks to our team of legal experts led by Philippa Doyle, who has invaluable experience with CQC. By sponsoring the CQC area, we aim to provide valuable resources and insights to help care providers navigate the regulatory environment and achieve the highest standards of care.

Our CQC services include advice on regulatory compliance, guidance on preparing for inspections, support in responding to inspection outcomes, and assistance with Factual Accuracy Challenges, Ratings Reviews, and complaints. We also provide training on the Single Assessment Framework (SAF) and the fundamental standards of care. We have particular expertise in challenging CQC inspection reports that do not fairly represent services and in addressing issues related to safeguarding investigations.

Our commitment to the sector is reflected in our ongoing efforts to share knowledge and support providers through initiatives such as our free social care legal advice line and a range of free resources available on our website. We have also partnered with Care England to develop a comprehensive toolkit that helps providers navigate CQC's Single Assessment Framework and offer an exclusive discount for Care England and our partner care association members. Find out more here.

We look forward to continuing to support the sector with our expertise and resources.

Social Care Legal Advice Line

Hempsons’ social care advice line is open between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Our team of experts offers providers up to 30 minutes of free legal advice. Call 01423 724056 and quote ‘social care advice line’, or email [email protected].