Health Services: Inspections
Commons · Question 44957 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 May 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on minimising the risk of future backlogs emerging for (a) inspections and (b) reinspections of healthcare providers.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 May 2025
Departmental officials meet fortnightly with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to discuss measures CQC have put in place to address among other issues, delays in the production of inspection reports and initial inspection and reinspection.As part of this ...