Care Quality Commission: Civil Proceedings
(asked on 16th December 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Care Quality Commission has been the subject of legal action by care providers in each year since 2010.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England.
The CQC has provided the following information.
For the purpose of this question, the CQC has defined legal action by care providers as action that has passed the permission stage for judicial reviews and cases where claims have been issued that have gone to a full hearing and have not been struck out, dismissed after summary judgment or where there has been a consent order between the parties. The CQC has also taken legal action to mean successful applications for injunctions.
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
Judicial Review | None | None | None | None | None | One injunction sought in relation to publication of an inspection report. Injunction not successful but permission to pursue a judicial review granted. |
Defamation | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Misfeasance | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Other civil claims | None | None | None | None | One County Court claim. | None |
Injunction | None | None | None | None | One injunction granted to prevent publication of an inspection report. | None |