Care Homes: Standards

(asked on 21st April 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes inspected by the Care Quality Commission did not meet the requirements set out in Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 in each of the last three years.


Answered by
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David Mowat
This question was answered on 26th April 2017

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. All providers of regulated activities, including National Health Service and independent providers, have to register with the CQC and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall. The fundamental standards describe the basic requirements that providers should always meet, and outline the outcomes that services users should always expect.

The CQC inspects providers against the fundamental standards and publishes the results on its website to help people choose care.

The CQC has provided the following information:

The attached table shows showing the number of care home locations1 found in breach of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (HSCA RA) Regulations 2014 Regulation 10 or Regulation 12 in inspections published between 1 April 20152 and 31 March 2017 and total number of care homes with an inspection published between 1 April 20152 and 31 March 2017.

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