CQC tells Brookfield Christian Care Home that improvements are needed

17 May 2011

The Care Quality Commission has published a report on Brookfield Christian Care Home, Little Bury, following a recent review of compliance by our inspectors.

The review concludes that the provider is not meeting one or more essential standards and improvements are needed. We will follow up to make sure improvements are made.

By law, providers of certain adult social care and health care services have a legal responsibility to make sure they are meeting essential standards of quality and safety. These are the standards everyone should be able to expect when they receive care.

CQC licenses services if they meet essential standards and monitors whether they continue to do so. We formally review services when we receive information that is of concern and we carry out routine formal reviews every two years to check whether a service is meeting all of the essential standards. Where we judge that a service is not meeting them, we may require improvements or take enforcement action.

Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Care Quality Commission has a number of enforcement powers that enable it to act swiftly when services are failing people. These include issuing warning notices, restricting the services that a provider can offer or the way it is provided; or, in the most serious cases, suspending or cancelling a service. CQC can also issue financial penalty notices and cautions or prosecute the provider for failing to meet essential standards.

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For further information please contact the CQC press office on 0207 448 9401 or out of hours on 07917 232 143.

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