Half of the learning disability services inspected by the Care Quality Commission in the wake of Winterbourne View are not meeting essential standards on safeguarding residents and caring for them. The CQC said the findings were a cause for concern.
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.
The divergence in social care policies introduced and proposed by the four home nations is matched by a similarly inconsistent approach to workforce regulation, writes Gordon Carson
Some incidents are unavoidable in care settings, but which ones must be reported to the Care Quality Commission? Vern Pitt reports
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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.
Providers must ensure their internal compliance mechanisms go beyond checklists to avoid poor practice, says consultant and former Care Quality Commission inspector Sughra Nazir.
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.
Colin Angel, policy and campaigns director of the United Kingdom Homecare Association, outlines the association's position regarding the rest periods domiciliary care staff should take while working
Care home managers are finding their time increasingly taken up by multiple information requests as councils, primary care trusts and the Care Quality Commission each look to monitor standards. Jeremy Dunning reports
The government will not prop up care providers whose businesses have failed, in the wake of the Southern Cross case.
The Southern Cross Healthcare case has highlighted the need for an economic regulator to monitor the finances of larger private care providers, experts have said.
Ministers and the Care Quality Commission are coming under pressure to ditch the planned "excellence award" scheme for adult care providers after the idea was universally condemned by sector bodies in a consultation.
A former Care Quality Commission inspector was arrested today on suspicion of pressurising care providers to pay for favourable inspection reports.
A new training programme will help social care managers improve services and deliver more for less, says National Skills Academy for Social Care head of membershp and engagement Debbie Sorkin.
Care home nurse Sandra Hambett reflects on how she dealt with a seemingly intractable case involving a resident who had developed pressure sores but refused painkillers that would have helped her treat them.
One care home manager asks what support they are entitled to to help them manage their increasing workload.(Pic: Design Pics Inc/Rex Features)
Registered managers are highly committed to their roles but most do not feel valued, a National Skills Academy for Social Care survey has found.
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