Ten per cent of services for those with learning disabilities and autism were rated as inadequate up to September this year compared to just 1% in 2018, according to the Care Quality Commission.
The appointment of a convicted fraudster to a top NHS role showed the health and social care regulator lacked “rigour” in regulating the choice of NHS directors, according to a watchdog.
The next chief executive of the Care Quality Commission will inherit an organisation with “persistent weaknesses and looming challenges”, MPs have warned.
Health watchdogs will soon grade NHS hospital trusts on how efficiently they use their resources alongside reviews of the standard of care they provide.
NHS trusts, GP practices and adult social care providers face hefty increases in the registration and inspection fees they pay to the Care Quality Commission from today.
The Care Quality Commission’s new five-year strategy creates an opportunity to shift the watchdog’s focus from individual organisations and towards health and care services in a local area, the NHS...
The Care Quality Commission remains an ineffective regulator despite efforts to implement significant reforms since 2013, the Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
The Care Quality Commission has tackled many of the weaknesses that sparked serious criticisms of the organisation, the National Audit Office has stated, but it still needs to do more to demonstrate...
Councils, health organisations and police forces are to face joint inspections of child protection services from four public sector watchdogs, it has been announced today.
With huge changes to NHS structures and culture, it’s an exciting time to be working in health policy. Nigel Edwards, the new chief executive of the Nuffield Trust thinktank, talks to PF about...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says he wants to hear ‘uncomfortable truths’ from the Care Quality Commission in future. So how much is chief executive David Behan willing to tell him?
