Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Newington Road Surgery limited, (b) Lockwood Surgery prime health ltd, (c) Fieldhead health limited, (d) Mid Dorset primary healthcare limited, (e) Fieldhead property ltd, (f) Fieldhead medical services ltd, (g) Lockwood property ltd, (h) Gamaq Lockwood limited, (i) Gamaq Nook limited, (j) Viaduct care network limited, (k) Greenwood PCN limited and (l) Blue PCN limited have been subject to rulings by the Care Quality Commission.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) can bring prosecutions against providers. The CQC has not brought any criminal prosecutions against any of the providers referred to in the Hon. Member’s question. All prosecutions are published on the CQC website, and are available at the following link:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how-we-do-our-job/prosecutions

The CQC can also bring civil enforcement action against providers, which includes warning notices. The CQC issued Newington Road Surgery Limited with two warning notices in June 2019, for breaches of Regulations 13 (Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good governance) of the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

The CQC also issued two further warning notices to this provider in March 2022 for breaches of Regulations 12 (Safe care and treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good governance).