CQC inspectors publish reports on 55 adult social care services in the South

Published: 18 May 2015 Page last updated: 12 May 2022
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In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 55 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the South of England.

Following recent inspections, 25 of these care homes and agencies supporting people in their own homes have been rated as Good, 19 have been rated Requires Improvement, 8 have been rated Inadequate, while three where rated Outstanding.

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

Adrian Hughes, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care, 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. It is positive to see the increase in services rated as outstanding overall, this is important to people who use services and their relatives. We are pleased to join the providers managers and staff of the services celebrating the recognition of good quality and compassionate care services. In achieving the Outstanding award providers and managers have shown that it is attainable

Conversely, 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, so providers of those service should take the publication of the inadequate rating as a signal that immediate action is required to improve the service”

Full reports on all 55 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 CQC Regional Engagement Manager John Scott on 0191 2333548. Or call the CQC press office on 020 7448 9401 during office hours or out of hours on 07789 876508. For general enquiries, call 03000 61 61 61.

It is positive to see the increase in services rated as outstanding overall, this is important to people who use services and their relatives.

Adrian Hughes, CQC's Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care

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.