Inspection Archives - Care Home Professional

ASK THE EXPERT: Challenging the CQC

Best Practice Business Compliance by Lee Peart on February 21, 2017

Philippa Doyle, health and social care associate at legal advisor Hempsons, offers helpful advice on responding to CQC inspections. The CQC would have you believe that the Factual Accuracy response to inspections is a dark

Wolverhampton care home closes two months after CQC inspection

Operators Property by Joe Peskett on February 13, 2017

A care home in Wolverhampton has closed after being rated as ‘requires improvement’ by the CQC in November. The unannounced

Deerhurst Care Home judged to be outstanding by CQC

Best Practice Operators by Joe Peskett on February 6, 2017

Deerhurst Care Home, operated by Brunelcare in South Gloucestershire, has been rated as ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, following an inspection

New tech tool lets care homes predict CQC rating before inspections

Equipment Innovation by Joe Peskett on February 6, 2017

An expert in standards for commissioning and providing assistive technology services has launched a cloud-based self-evaluation and compliance management tool

Three times “inadequate” Devon care home steps up

Operators by Joe Peskett on November 10, 2016

Hilldales care home in Ilfracombe, Devon, has made improvements following a previous report declaring it “inadequate”. The home has been

Safety failings prompt CQC action on Halifax home

Business Compliance by Lee Peart on August 30, 2016

Fears for resident safety have prompted the Care Quality Commission to take action at a Halifax care home. Eagle Care Home remains in Special Measures after being rated Inadequate by inspectors following an inspection in

Closing Bristol care home slams “ridiculous” bureaucracy

Business Care homes without nursing Compliance Operators by Lee Peart on August 5, 2016

A Bristol care home owner says she has been forced to close because of “ridiculous” bureaucracy and lack of support.

EXCLUSIVE: Four Seasons apologises for failures at formerly Outstanding care home

Business Care home groups Compliance Operators by Rob Corder on July 6, 2016

Four Seasons Health Care has apologised for the decline in care at Marlborough Court in Thamsemead that was placed under

Four Seasons care home sinks from Outstanding to CQC embargo in one year

Business Care home groups Compliance Operators by Rob Corder on July 5, 2016

A Four Seasons Health Care home in Thamesmead has been stripped of an Outstanding rating earned just a year ago and

Forest Healthcare home earns Outstanding CQC rating

Best Practice Business Compliance by Rob Corder on June 22, 2016

The Grange Centre in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, has been rated as Outstanding overall by the CQC. The home, owned by Forest

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