Mandatory inspections of care providers will happen once every three years, rather than the current once or twice a year, in plans to be unveiled by the government this month.
The proposals, announced in a speech last week by care services minister Liam Byrne, mark the first stage in the Department of Health’s review of care regulations.
They were given a warm welcome by the Commission for Social Care Inspection, which has called for the changes so it can focus inspection on the worst performing providers.
Byrne said: “I think CSCI should decide how often they inspect particular providersÉ rather than treating both high-quality and poorer quality providers in the same way.”
The new system would come into force next April.
Byrne also used the speech to a conference in London to announce that the DH and Department for Education and Skills’ joint review of the social care workforce would report next month.
Inspections to be made less frequent
October 18, 2005 in Adults
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