Live in care at Home – Elderly home care blog

The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has been changed to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as of 1 April 2009. The CQC is an amalgamation of the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection
The CQC is now the independent regulator of all health and adult social care [...]

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People who fund their own care will soon be able to take their complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman.
During a reading of the Health and Social Care Bill on 1 July 2008, Baroness Thornton indicated that the Government will seek the next opportunity to extend the Local Government Ombudsman’s remit.
Dame Denise Platt, Chair of the [...]

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Barbara Young, Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has announced that Cynthia Bower has been appointed as the Commission’s Chief Executive.
Cynthia Bower is currently Chief Executive of NHS West Midlands. She has previously held posts as chief executive of a community health trust and a primary care trust.
CQC will come into being in April [...]

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An investigation into the watchdog that regulates care homes for the elderly has uncovered concerns that inspections are not being carried out often enough.
A questionnaire of staff from the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) also raised worries that residents are at greater risk.
The questionnaire was organised by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. [...]

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In the latest in a series looking at care of the elderly in the UK, the Today programme examines the role of the watchdog which inspects care homes in England.
“It is a watchdog without any teeth or even a will to act.”
John Matthews’ condemnation of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI), which [...]

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