Hospitals: Inspections

(asked on 14th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission has any plans to reduce the number of core services it inspects at NHS hospitals as a consequence of the changes to his Department's budget announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.


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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 17th December 2015

In January 2016, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will consult on its proposed strategy for inspection and regulation from 2016 to 2021. Following the consultation, the CQC will formally publish its strategy which will set out how it proposes to inspect hospital services including its approach to the inspection of core services.


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