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Modern slaves in care homes: CQC report!
Reading through the disappointing Care Quality Commission's 2023/4 report on adult social care, published today, came across the shocking...
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 25, 20241 min read
One word is not enough to judge schools, so why is this system still used to rate care homes?
Older and vulnerable people deserve to know more - and better.
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 13, 20241 min read
CQC not fit for purpose, says Wes. No sh*t Sherlock, says everyone else.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP yesterday announced the Care Quality Commission, the 'care regulator', is 'not fit for purpose - to...
Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 27, 20242 min read
Shame on us, if living is so unbearable for older people that they would rather die
Is this what campaigners for 'assisted dying' envisage? People preferring to die because the life that has been inflicted on them is so awfu
Sarah Whitebloom
May 6, 20242 min read
CQC forced 800+ private care homes to close: Oxford research
The overwhelming majority of care homes which have been forced to close by the Care Quality Commission have been for-profit homes,...
Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 18, 20242 min read
Like schools, 'Ofsted' inspections are failing care residents and families with unreliable ratings
Care home reports are based on the Ofsted inspection system and are failing care home residents and families.
Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Four in ten nursing homes failed inspections in last month. Can 'care' ever really be trusted?
Sorry, it has been a long time, more than 18 months, since OLM last posted a blog. And, sad to say, not much has changed. Care homes,...
Sarah Whitebloom
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Half of care homes had zero Covid deaths. Why did tens of thousands die in the other 7,000 homes?
AT LAST - The Care Quality Commission has finally published details today [21 July] of the care homes where people have died...
Sarah Whitebloom
Jul 21, 20212 min read
50% of care homes had no Covid deaths, says CQC, as inspectors slam poor infection control.
With Covid cases increasing again in care homes, campaigners are demanding the government organise weekly testing of care staff to...
Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 16, 20213 min read
Residents still at risk of poor Covid practice in some care homes - official reports show.
The country may be shocked, but the Care Quality Commission cannot be surprised at the recent increase of COVID-19 in some of the care...
Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 10, 20214 min read
CQC Covid data: Worse than useless
Partial, confusing, incomplete. The long-promised data published recently by the Care Quality Commission are worse than useless in...
Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 13, 20203 min read
Lies, damn lies and statistics? CQC poised to release data about Covid in care homes.
The CQC's carefully-selected information implies the entire care home industry is unsafe
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 15, 20205 min read
‘It’s been horrific’: say staff of Covid-hit care home, which regulator knew was ‘unsafe’
The service had a high number of infections and deaths due to Covid 19
Sarah Whitebloom
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Half of care homes fail inspections
one in five care homes for older people is currently not meeting the required standards
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 14, 20201 min read
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
Sarah Whitebloom
Oct 10, 20202 min read
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
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 28, 20203 min read
CQC refuses to say if known unsafe care homes have been at the centre of Covid-19 outbreaks.
Even though CQC inspectors have said these homes are substandard, and sometimes have been for years, they are home to many thousands of olde
Sarah Whitebloom
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Worst Care of 2018 - the Industry Awards no one wants to win.
Worst Care of 2018 - awards for worst care in a corporate home, worst care in an independent home, worst care provider.
Sarah Whitebloom
Jan 8, 20196 min read
VOTE NOW FOR THE WORST CARE OF THE YEAR
Worst care of the year - Yorkshire, Lancashire, Bristol, Devon, Lincolnshire, Birmingham, Essex, Manchester
Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 20, 20181 min read
No baths, a stench of urine and the care coordinator cooking meals: OLM's Worst Care Homes of th
Families voiced concerns but the website boasts: 'In our care homes we specialise in providing quality care.' [sic]
Sarah Whitebloom
Dec 11, 20185 min read
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