Care Quality Commission

Independent Living

January 25, 2018 0

Watchdog’s use of service-user inspection scheme has fallen sharply since 2015

The care watchdog is only managing to send service-users to assist on just over half of its inspections of residential homes, care agencies and day centres in England, new figures have revealed. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has repeatedly insisted that it views the Experts by Experience (ExE) programme as a vital part of

Independent Living

July 27, 2017 0

CQC figures reveal hundreds of care homes have gone two years since last inspection

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More than 300 residential care homes for younger disabled adults have not been inspected by the care watchdog for more than two years, according to official figures obtained by Disability News Service (DNS). The figures, released by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in response to a freedom of information request, also show that 87

Independent Living

June 29, 2017 0

Mencap care staff ‘called resident “poison dwarf” and reused feeding syringes’

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The disability charity Mencap is facing allegations that staff at one of its care homes used an offensive nickname for a disabled resident, and repeatedly reused feeding syringes that should have been thrown away after just one day. A whistleblower, A*, has told how one resident was nicknamed “poison dwarf”, while staff refused to

Crime

June 15, 2017 0

Care regulator faces questions over inspection failings at abuse homes

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The care regulator is facing fresh questions over its inspection failings after it emerged that it delivered glowing reports on standards at a dozen care homes, less than two years before abusive regimes were exposed at all 12 institutions. The Devon care home at the centre of the scandal, Veilstone, had not been visited

Crime

Dorothy Thomsonwith her arm around her husband Jamie

June 15, 2017 0

Shock and anger of abuse survivor, 20 years on from scandal

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A disabled woman who survived an appalling regime of abuse at a notorious residential home has spoken of her shock and anger at seeing television reports of similar crimes at care homes in Devon two decades later. Last week, reporting restrictions were lifted following a series of criminal trials and hearings that led to

Employment

May 4, 2017

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Remploy refused to give disabled experts support workers for care inspections

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Disabled people helping to deliver a vital part of the care watchdog’s inspection programme were refused support workers, while one was bullied into resigning, documents obtained by Disability News Service (DNS) have revealed. The internal reports – finally released following a freedom of information request submitted last June – show the scale of concern

Independent Living

October 27, 2016

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Care watchdog ‘fails to follow up on coroners’ death warnings’

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The care watchdog is failing to order urgent inspections of care homes, despite coroners warning that urgent action must be taken to prevent further deaths of the disabled and older people who live there, an NHS whistleblower has found. Coroners publish Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports after holding inquests in which they have

Housing

Robert Carver being dragged through a doorway by his PA

October 13, 2016

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Care crisis: Council’s failings mean disabled man has to be dragged upstairs to his flat

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A disabled man has to be dragged up the stairs to his second-floor flat by his personal assistant because of his local council’s failure to rehouse him in safe, accessible accommodation. Robert Carver – who is paraplegic – has also been told by his GP, nurse, occupational therapist and psychologist that he needs 24-hour-a-day

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