The body responsible for regulating NHS and care services in England is not fit for purpose, the health secretary has said. Wes Streeting’s intervention comes after an independent review found significant failings at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), according to headline findings released by the government. The CQC inspects everything from hospitals and GP practices through to care homes and dental surgeries, covering 90,000 different services.
Wes Streeting said he was “stunned” by the scale of the problems as he announced a set of emergency measures.
The CQC said it accepted the findings in full.
Lacking experience
Among the failings identified were:
Inspectors lacking the necessary experience – including some being asked to inspect hospitals without ever having been into one before. Care home inspectors who had never met a person with dementia. A backlog of assessments with one in five services never having been given a rating – this is thought to include new care providers, GPs, and private health clinics that have opened in the last five years. One NHS hospital having gone more than 10 years since its last inspection. A lack of consistency with assessments. The full interim report is due to be published on Friday.
Source: BBC
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