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Care Quality Commission

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Independent Living

More than half of care homes inspected are failing, says regulator
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More than half of the care homes inspected in the last month were found to be inadequate or to require improvement, but the care watchdog has refused to say if it is concerned by the figures. The figures show that of […]

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic

By John Pring on 13th May 2021 Category: Human Rights

Call for urgent action as investigation finds home care deaths rose by half in pandemic
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Disabled activists have called for an urgent investigation after new figures showed that deaths of disabled and older people receiving support at home from care agencies rose by nearly 50 per cent during the first 12 months of the pandemic. In […]

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Independent Living

Regulator fails to record key details from scheme sending COVID patients into care homes
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The care regulator has admitted failing to track vital details about scores of care homes that are being allowed to accept patients infected with COVID-19, while older and disabled people not yet infected occupy other parts of the same buildings. The […]

Watchdog has approved care settings for COVID patients in only three-fifths of areas

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Independent Living

Watchdog has approved care settings for COVID patients in only three-fifths of areas
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Only three-fifths of council areas have a care setting that has been approved to receive hospital patients infected with COVID-19, despite ministers demanding every one of them should have at least one such setting by the end of October. The Department […]

Government and regulator silent on progress with ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy

By John Pring on 29th October 2020 Category: Independent Living

Government and regulator silent on progress with ‘abhorrent’ COVID care home policy
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The government and its regulator are refusing to say how many care homes are set to be approved to receive hospital patients who have tested positive for coronavirus. A new government policy – described as “abhorrent” by disabled activists – will […]

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’

By John Pring on 17th September 2020 Category: Independent Living

CQC’s care agency COVID deaths secrecy ‘puts commercial interests before disabled people’
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The care regulator has been accused of prioritising the financial interests of home care agencies over the safety of disabled people, after refusing to release information that would show which of them have reported deaths of service-users linked to coronavirus. The […]

Coronavirus: ‘Shocking’ figures show disabled people ‘have become cannon fodder’

By John Pring on 4th June 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: ‘Shocking’ figures show disabled people ‘have become cannon fodder’
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“Shocking” new figures showing a huge rise in deaths of people with learning difficulties in the care system are probably “the tip of the iceberg”, but still show how disabled people have become “cannon fodder” during the pandemic, say campaigners. The […]

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections

By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: CQC faces legal action over decision to halt most inspections
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Disabled people’s organisations and charities have sent a legal letter to the care watchdog, warning that its decision to halt its regular programme of inspections has put many disabled and older people at “heightened risk” of harm. They say that service-users […]

Remploy loses inspection contracts after years of concerns over performance

By John Pring on 20th February 2020 Category: Independent Living

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A discredited US company that earns hundreds of millions of pounds a year through benefit assessment and employment support contracts has lost the right to run large parts of a care inspection scheme, following repeated concerns about its performance. Maximus, which […]

Care regulator faces ‘whitewash’ allegation by MPs and peers over abuse scandal

By John Pring on 13th June 2019 Category: Independent Living

Care regulator faces ‘whitewash’ allegation by MPs and peers over abuse scandal
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The care regulator has faced accusations from a committee of MPs and peers that it ordered a “whitewash” of abuse allegations at a private hospital for disabled people that was later exposed by a BBC documentary. Two senior figures in the […]

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