Care Homes: Coronavirus

(asked on 6th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will re-introduce Care Quality Commission inspections with regard to the high number of covid-19 related deaths in care homes.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 3rd June 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Care Quality Commission’s regulatory role and purpose has not changed; it has introduced an Emergency Support Framework which acts as a temporary regulatory model for the period of the pandemic. The information the CQC collects from all sources is being used collectively to monitor and respond to risk. It allows the CQC to understand the impact of COVID-19 on staff and people using services, and where needed, to follow up directly with an inspection, or escalate concerns to regional, and national system partners where they are best placed to address. The CQC inspectors are contacting providers who have reported deaths of people in their care from confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in order to offer information, advice and help.

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