The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has expressed disappointment over the lack of progress being made in Rotherham’s child protection services. The regulator has today published a review of how effectively
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People who have sought emergency help for mental health problems say they got better assistance from the police than staff in accident and emergency departments or community mental health teams.
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An already under-fire hospital in east London has been rated inadequate after inspectors found a raft of problems including patients experiencing delays in their treatment and not enough nursing and
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The UK’s health regulator has issued guidance to families thinking of setting up hidden cameras to check up on the care of their loved ones in hospitals and homes. The
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The regulator of health and adult social care is concerned that people across England are being detained under the Mental Health Act without their legal rights being discussed or explained
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The Care Quality Commission today published its fifth annual monitoring report on the implementation of the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS). These are part of the Mental Capacity Act, and
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The Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Andrea Sutcliffe, is today congratulating England’s first three adult social care services which have achieved the highest
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Adult social care services in England that fail to improve within a year of being rated as ‘Inadequate’ will face closure as part of new plans announced by the Care
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A nursing home in Surrey has been closed at short notice by regulators after finding residents were “at significant risk of harm”. Merok Park Care Home, which had passed an
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is today marking the launch of a new partnership with The Silver Line helpline to help reach out to even more elderly people who are
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