Daily Archives: 23/09/2011

Care watchdog chiefs ‘will not resign’, despite new criticism

23/09/2011 – 9:00 am

The leaders of England’s care watchdog say they have not considered resigning, despite facing heavy criticism from MPs over their organisation’s performance.
Members of the Commons health committee published a damning report this week, criticising the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for its “distortion of priorities”.
They said inspections of health and adult social care services by CQC [...]

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Government sidelines DPOs in social care ‘engagement exercise’

23/09/2011 – 9:00 am

The government appears to have sidelined disabled people’s organisations from a crucial “engagement” exercise aimed at hearing the views on social care reform of service-users, carers and those working in the care industry.
The Department of Health (DH) has appointed “key leaders” from the “care and support community” to help it lead discussions through the three-month [...]

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