Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Social care reform: No half-measures, campaigners urge

There must be no half-measures on the reform of social care, campaigners and council chiefs are warning, amid signs ministers are getting cold feet.

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Topics: CQC, Care at Home, Care, Elderly, Disability, General, Money, NHS, Politics

Friday, April 27th, 2012

Home inspector in bribery arrest

A former care home inspector has been arrested over allegations that she pressured homes into giving money in exchange for "favourable" reports.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC, Failing Care in Care Homes, Failing Care

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

CQC responds to care home abuse case (Radio 4 Today)

The health and social care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has denied that it failed to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being assaulted by a care worker, which will be broadcast for the first time on BBC Panorama last night 23/04/2012.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC, Dementia

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Regulator criticised after woman assaulted in care home (Video)

The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a care worker.

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Topics: Care, Care Homes, CQC

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Abortion clinic checks cost £1m

Urgent checks of abortion clinics ordered by the health secretary last month cost £1m and meant hundreds of other inspections were cancelled.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC, Politics

Friday, March 30th, 2012

CQC given 'an impossible task' (Radio)

The chair of the Commons Public Accounts Committee has said that the body that regulates health and adult social care in England was set up with "an impossible task".

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Topics: CQC

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Care Quality Commission has long way to go, say MPs

The Care Quality Commission - England's health and social care regulator - still has a "long way to go" before it is up to scratch, MPs say.

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Topics: CQC

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Health cuts: Welsh NHS Confederation says reform needed to save more cash

The NHS in Wales can not cut its costs further without making radical hospital reforms, according to the body representing health boards and trusts.

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Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Care home residents lack NHS services - CQC survey

Vulnerable people in care homes may be struggling to get access to GPs and routine medicines, a review suggests.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC, NHS

Monday, March 5th, 2012

Care homes criticised for 'old fashioned' methods

The care watchdog has criticised three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Devon amid doubts that staff understood what abuse 'looks like' and laws on restraining residents.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Another Radstock care home comes under attack from CQC

Another home providing care for the elderly in the Radstock area has come under fire.

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Topics: Care Homes, CQC

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Care at three Devon homes branded 'outdated'

Care for adults with learning disabilities at three homes in Devon "cannot be allowed to continue" in its current form, a watchdog says.

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Topics: CQC, Care Homes

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Health trust boosted by outpatient survey

OUTPATIENTS at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust are so pleased with the care they receive that the Trust has been placed in the top 20 per cent in the country.