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CQC 'asked Lansley to sack whistleblowing board member'
Health secretary Andrew Lansley was asked to remove CQC board member Kay Sheldon after she gave highly critical evidence about the regulator's leadership, a Labour peer has alleged.
23 May 2012
How to check whether your services are good enough
Providers must ensure their internal compliance mechanisms go beyond checklists to avoid poor practice, says consultant and former Care Quality Commission inspector Sughra Nazir.
27 March 2012
Ex-CQC inspector arrested over alleged provider bribery
A former Care Quality Commission inspector was arrested today on suspicion of pressurising care providers to pay for favourable inspection reports.
26 April 2012
CQC: Personalisation lacking in Winterbourne-style services
Many learning disability hospitals and care homes are failing to provide person-centred care, the Care Quality Commission has found in its national review triggered by the Winterbourne View case.
08 February 2012
CQC staff 'demoralised' by workloads and lack of training
Care Quality Commission staff have been left demoralised and concerned for the safety of services by high workloads and inadequate training, a survey of Unison members has found.
04 April 2012
Doubts over viability of new adult care inspection regime
Government plans to overhaul the performance assessment of adult social care in England could be endangered by under-resourcing and a lack of expertise, sector heads have warned.
22 November 2010
CQC forced to shelve 'non-urgent' tasks to do abortion checks
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to sideline non-urgent activities after the government ordered it to carry out snap inspections of 320 abortion clinics.
23 March 2012
Panorama: CQC inspection regime slammed following abuse
The Care Quality Commission's risk-based approach to regulating care services has been called into question, following revelations of abuse of people with learning disabilities in a specialist hospital.
05 August 2011
Significance of adult star ratings questioned as councils improve
English councils have improved for the sixth year running in the final ever star ratings, but the assessment's significance has been questioned due to the exclusion of many users from publicly-funded adult care.
27 November 2008
How service users are leading response to Winterbourne View
In the wake of Winterbourne View, the Care Quality Commission employed 27 adults with learning disabilities to act as ‘experts by experience’ in the teams inspecting 150 learning disability services. Two of them discuss their experiences.
20 March 2012
Wales faces radical shake-up of social work regulation
The proposed Social Services (Wales) Bill promises a radical shake up of social services in Wales, particularly in extending the regulation of social work.
19 March 2012
Social workers want compulsory registration of students
Social workers have given strong backing to the compulsory registration of students with the regulator, a survey has found.
09 March 2012
Poor staffing levels undermine human rights in nursing homes
Poor staffing levels are undermining human rights in nursing homes by creating an "accepted indignity" in which residents are left wet or soiled for lengthy periods until staff become available. (Image: Alamy)
06 March 2012
Post-CQC care standards regime 'needs government cash'
Annual government funding is needed to support the sector-led adult care performance regime that has replaced Care Quality Commission assessments of councils, says the man charged with implementing it. (Picture: Image Source)
29 February 2012
Burstow: Users to shape new online care ratings system
Users and carers' opinions on care services will be published alongside ratings of their quality on an online "good care guide" designed to replace the star ratings scrapped last year, Paul Burstow has said.
12 December 2011
DH orders probe into CQC following board member's criticisms
The Department of Health has ordered a probe into the Care Quality Commission following significant criticisms of its leadership from board member Kay Sheldon.
12 December 2011
CQC finds leadership gap in learning disability hospitals
Leadership and governance need to be stronger in learning disabilities hospitals and care homes, the Care Quality Commission has said.
08 December 2011
Government grants CQC request for cash to fund inspections
The Department of Health has granted the Care Quality Commission's request for greater funding to finance annual inspections of adult care services and others it regulates.
30 November 2011
CQC board member calls for chief Cynthia Bower to resign
A Care Quality Commission board member has called for the resignation of chief executive Cynthia Bower (pictured) over a lack of leadership capability at the regulator.
29 November 2011
CQC to probe standards of home care
Standards of home care in England will be investigated by the Care Quality Commission to shine a light on services that operate "behind closed doors", says chief executive Cynthia Bower (pictured).
22 November 2011
