There is a ‘lack of consistency’ and transparency in CQC ratings of GP practices, a damning report has found. An interim review into the effectiveness of the health and care regulator has highlighted ...

A lack of clinical expertise among inspectors is one of the reasons why the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is failing, an independent review has warned. The interim findings of the review have today ...

A bombshell report, published last week, found a catalogue of failures at the Care Quality Commission [CQC]. Dr Penny Dash’s damning assessment laid bare what families have been consistently ...

The health secretary has declared that the CQC is ‘not fit for purpose’ and needs ‘increased oversight’, following the damning findings of an independent review. An interim report on the watchdog’s ...

An independent review found inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) lacked experience - some had never been into a hospital before, while some care home inspectors had never met a person ...

Dr Dash was asked to carry out the review of the CQC in May and has spoken to about 200 senior managers, caregivers and clinicians working across the sector, along with more than 50 senior ...

An independent review into the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed "significant internal failings" that are hampering its ability to keep a check on health and social care institutions.

Some ethnic minority overseas staff told the CQC discrimination had become "normalised". The Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it was addressing these issues. The regulator was ...

The Health Secretary said a bombshell review showed the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was 'rotting', describing some of its ratings as 'invented'. In a brutal round of interviews this morning ...

A CARE agency has been forced to close after it ‘continued to breach regulations’ which put people ‘at risk of serious harm’. Tender-Hearted Care, a Ferndown based domiciliary care ...

Dr Penny Dash found that inspection levels were still well below pre-Covid levels, a lack of expertise among inspectors, inconsistency in assessments and problems with the CQC’s IT system. Also, ...