CQC inspectors publish reports on 68 adult social care services in the North of England

Published: 1 December 2015 Page last updated: 12 May 2022
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In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 68 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the North that have been inspected under its new approach.

Following recent inspections 32 have been rated as Good, 31 have been rated Requires Improvement and five have been rated Inadequate.

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

Debbie Westhead, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care in the North, said:

"People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. If that is what we find on inspection - we give the service a rating of Good, or Outstanding.

"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."

Full reports on all 68 inspections are available on this website.

Adult Social Care services by local authority area and rating:

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For further information, please contact:

  • Kirstin Hannaford, Regional Engagement Manager on 0191 233 3629
  • David Fryer, CQC Regional Communications Manager on 07901 514220.
  • Mark Humphreys, CQC Regional Communications Officer on 0191 233 3519 or 07881656012.

Journalists wishing to speak to the press office outside of office hours can find out how to contact the team here. Please note: the press office is unable to advise members of the public on health or social care matters. For general enquiries, please call 03000 61 61 61.

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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.