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Half of care homes fail inspections

Sarah Whitebloom

7 days ago
1 min

Half of care homes fail inspections

one in five care homes for older people is currently not meeting the required standards

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CQC poised to reveal secret data on Covid-hit care homes

Sarah Whitebloom

Oct 10
2 min

CQC poised to reveal secret data on Covid-hit care homes

England’s care regulator, the CQC, is poised to reveal how many Covid outbreaks have been in homes which it knew were unsafe

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Not in the public interest: CQC refuses to say if 'unsafe' homes were hit by Covid but will...soon

Sarah Whitebloom

Sep 28
3 min

Not in the public interest: CQC refuses to say if 'unsafe' homes were hit by Covid but will...soon

the CQC maintained the 'public interest' would not be served by the publication of this information

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