Abortion: Clinics
(asked on 29th July 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many abortion clinics run by (1) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (2) MSI Reproductive Choices, and (3) National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service, have (a) never been inspected by the Care Quality Commission, and (b) not been inspected in the past three years.
The following table shows the number of abortion clinics which have never been inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), as well as the number of clinics which have not been inspected in the past three years:
Name of provider | Have never been inspected | Have not been inspected in the past three years |
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) | 0 | 6 |
MSI Reproductive Choices | 3 | 6 |
National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service (NUPAS) | 4 | 2 |
Source: Care Quality Commission
There are four NUPAS clinics that do not have any rating. This is because these were registered in the last 12 months.
There are three MSI Reproductive Choices clinics that do not have a rating. Two of these clinics do not have a rating because they were registered in the last 12 months. One of these clinics was registered nearly two years ago but has not yet had an inspection. This is because the transition to the Single Assessment Framework (SAF) has delayed inspection in some cases.
Under Section 46 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the CQC must update the health and social care sectors as to how frequently they will assess the providers they regulate. The CQC plans to publish an interim statement in August 2024 about how frequently they plan to assess each type of service.