10 ways councils can boost staff retention
Budget strain and heavy workloads are driving council staff away. Here are 10 simple changes that can make a big difference.
CQC: Stronger leadership needed to improve Blackpool's inadequate adult social care
11/08/2025 The Care Quality Commission has rated Blackpool Council's adult social care inadequate, warning that ‘stronger leadership' will be needed for it to improve. |
CQC announces new chief executive
07/10/2024 England’s health and social care regulator has announced that Sir Julian Hartley will be appointed as its new chief executive. |
Care home accused of ‘contemptuous’ behaviour
27/04/2023 Ombudsman has accused a Leicester care company boss of sending ‘intimidating, abusive and threatening emails’ to an elderly woman who complained. |
Watchdog staff start work to rule in pay dispute
17/04/2023 Hundreds of staff at the Care Quality Commission were starting a work to rule today in a dispute over pay. |
CQC delays new care inspections
21/12/2022 The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced it is to delay the introduction of its new adult care assessments. |
Care in crisis: CQC reveals stark issues ahead
21/10/2022 The care system is in crisis and staff now live with the risk their patients will come to harm, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual report has revealed. |
Care services for homeless ‘sadly lacking’
25/08/2022 Homeless people with multiple and complex health conditions are missing out on the care they need because of a lack of specialist provision, charity says. |
Health and care inspection regime leaves ‘room for improvement’
27/09/2018 The new health and care inspection regime is a ‘significant improvement’ on the previous system, but there is room for improvement, concludes landmark report. |
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Care homes not operating at full capacity, data analysts find
25/07/2018 Healthcare data specialists have called for a reappraisal of the ‘care home crisis’ after discovering care homes have more capacity than was thought. |
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Watchdog to address inequalities in end of life care
09/05/2016 Social service departments are to be assessed for end of life care after a new report found some people were receiving poor services. |
