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CQC rates medical care and urgent and emergency care services at Arrowe Park Hospital as requires improvement

In urgent and emergency services CQC has downgraded the ratings of caring and well-led from good to requires improvement. Safe and responsive are rated requires improvement again, and effective is ...
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CQC finds outstanding care at Acorns Children’s Hospice in Birmingham

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated Acorns Children’s Hospice in Birmingham as outstanding following an inspection in July.
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CQC rates Pilgrims Hospice Ashford as outstanding overall for a second time

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Pilgrims Hospice Ashford, run by Pilgrims Hospices in East Kent, outstanding overall for a second time following an inspection in May. Pilgrims Hospice ...
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Sir Julian Hartley steps down as Chief Executive of CQC

Sir Julian Hartley is stepping down as Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with immediate effect. Dr Arun ...
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CQC rates Hull City Council’s adult social care provision as requires improvement

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Hull City Council as requires improvement, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support ...
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CQC warns lack of investment in community services threatens shift towards care outside hospital – and risks ‘erosion’ of care quality

The health and social care system remains fragmented and under severe strain as it prepares for a major shift from hospital to community care, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned in its ...
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CQC rates St Andrews Healthcare Northampton as inadequate

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has downgraded the rating of St Andrews Healthcare Northampton from requires improvement to inadequate and published reports on six services following an inspection ...
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CQC rates Bradford Council’s adult social care provision as good

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated Bradford Council as good, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support under the Care ...
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CQC rates Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council’s adult social care provision as good

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has rated Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council as good, in how well they are meeting their responsibilities to ensure people have access to adult social care and support ...
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CQC rates Leighton Buzzard homecare service as outstanding

CQC has rated 1st Homecare Solutions Ltd as outstanding for being caring, which improves from good. Safe was re-rated as good and responsive was re-rated as outstanding. Effective and well-led were ...
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CQC rates Sunderland care home as outstanding

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Bede House in Sunderland, as outstanding following an inspection in May and July. Bede House, run by Malhotra Care Homes Limited, provides nursing and ...
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Care home manager ordered to pay £7,690 for failing to protect a resident from harm

Care home manager ordered to pay £7,690 for failing to protect a resident from harm Maxine Barcas, the registered manager of Woodview House Nursing Home in Halesowen, has been ordered to pay £7,690 at ...