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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.

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.

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.

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