CQC inspectors publish reports on 67 adult social care services in the South

Published: 2 November 2015 Page last updated: 12 May 2022
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In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 67 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the South of England.

Following recent inspections, 36 of these care homes and agencies supporting people in their own homes have been rated as Good, 24 have been rated Requires Improvement, six have been rated Inadequate while one service was rated Outstanding.

Under CQC's programme of inspections, all of England's adult social care services regulated by CQC, are being given a rating according to whether they are safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led.  

Deborah Ivanova, CQC's Interim Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care, said:

"People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care.  We assess services against five key questions – Is the service caring?  Is the service effective? Is the service safe? Is the service well led? Is the service responsive? – and rate each question and the service overall.  Where we find a service meets our characteristics of good or outstanding then we will rate accordingly.

"If we find that a service requires improvement, we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue.  We will share our findings with local commissioners, and we will return in due course to check that they have made the required improvements.

"Whenever we find a service to be Inadequate, we will consider taking further action on behalf of the people who use the service.  Providers of those services should take the publication of the inadequate rating as a signal that immediate action is required to improve the service."

Full reports on all 67 inspections are available on this website.

Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:

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About the Care Quality Commission

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.