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Remploy refused to give disabled experts support workers for care inspections

By John Pring on 4th May 2017 Category: Employment

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 27th October 2016 Category: Independent Living

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 13th October 2016 Category: Housing

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 […]

Care crisis: Council supports nearly 50 per cent fewer adults after six years of austerity

By John Pring on 13th October 2016 Category: Independent Living

Care crisis: Council supports nearly 50 per cent fewer adults after six years of austerity
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MPs have been told that the adult social care system is “unsustainable” without significant further resources, with one council revealing that the number of adults it supports has plunged by nearly half since 2010. Members of the communities and local government […]

Maximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts

By John Pring on 28th July 2016 Category: Independent Living

Maximus company ‘lied’ about user-involvement in inspection contracts
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A company controlled by the disgraced US outsourcing giant Maximus apparently lied when it promised that user-led organisations would help it deliver a vital part of the care watchdog’s inspection programme, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Late last year, Remploy […]

Concerns over watchdog’s ‘alarming’ inspection cancellation figures

By John Pring on 9th June 2016 Category: Education

Concerns over watchdog’s ‘alarming’ inspection cancellation figures
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Disabled campaigners and politicians have raised serious concerns about the social care inspection regime, after last week’s revelations that the number of cancellations and postponements rose by more than 360 per cent in just one year. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) […]

Cancelled inspections by care watchdog rise 360 per cent in one year

By John Pring on 2nd June 2016 Category: Independent Living

Cancelled inspections by care watchdog rise 360 per cent in one year
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The number of inspections by the social care regulator that are cancelled or rescheduled every month has risen by more than 360 per cent in just one year, the watchdog’s own figures have revealed. The figures – revealed by the Care […]

Trustees silent after watchdog reveals ‘shocking’ abuse that led to college closure

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Crime

Trustees silent after watchdog reveals ‘shocking’ abuse that led to college closure
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Young disabled people were exposed to “shocking” institutionalised abuse at a charity-run residential college in Kent, the care watchdog has revealed. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) explained this week that it had forced the closure of the college after uncovering evidence […]

Council and NHS criticise Leonard Cheshire for ‘uncaring disregard’ for residents

By John Pring on 10th March 2016 Category: Independent Living

Council and NHS criticise Leonard Cheshire for ‘uncaring disregard’ for residents
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A disability charity has been accused of an “uncaring disregard” for the wellbeing of the disabled residents of one of its care homes, after giving them less than two months’ notice that they would be evicted. In late January Leonard Cheshire […]

Life under Maximus for CQC’s service-user experts: Chaos, cuts and ‘playschool ID cards’

By John Pring on 25th February 2016 Category: Employment

Life under Maximus for CQC’s service-user experts: Chaos, cuts and ‘playschool ID cards’
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The care watchdog’s decision to ask a discredited US outsourcing giant to manage its disabled expert advisers has led to confusion, cutbacks and a stream of resignations, Disability News Service (DNS) has been told. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) decided earlier […]

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