Written questions

Care Homes and Primary Care: Inspections

Commons · Question 41024 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of waiting times for Care Quality Commission initial inspections for (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices and (c) care homes.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 7 Apr 2025

The Department has introduced additional oversight measures to ensure significant improvements are made to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) operational performance.CQC is aware of the issues providers have experienced with delays in processing registra...