Care Commissioning Solutions
Are you concerned about an upcoming CQC inspection, or has your business failed a CQC inspection? Questions your service may ask! What are CQC looking for? What does “good” look like? How can I receive more referrals? How do I meet commissioner and contract requirements? CQC inspections are getting tougher and care providers are expected to deliver quality care and support with ever tightening budgets and cost pressures from purchasers. Care Commissioning Solutions has over 20 years experience in Social Care for a wide range of...
read moreWinterbourne View Case Review
There has been very little media comment following last weeks Panorama report on Winterbourne View despite the serious Winterbourne View case review being extensively flagged in the programme. The review was especially critical of Commissioners and regulators as well as the service itself and the owners of Winterbourne View – Castlebeck. It concluded that the service itself should never have been built and that the solution to “warehousing” people with Learning Disabilities in long stay institutions is local, bespoke provision. How can...
read moreWinterbourne View – Social Care Dumping Ground?
The recent follow up Panorama programme on Winterbourne View again showed poor quality service provision to people with Learning Disabilities. NHS figures show that safeguarding alerts have been raised on at least 19 of the 51 people who were patients at Winterbourne View. Social Care Dumping Ground Mencap Chief Executive Mark Goldring has said that what allows Winterbourne View and places like it to flourish was that they have been used as a social care dumping ground by public bodies that had not planned ahead. In a statement, care and...
read moreSafeguarding Of Vulnerable Adults
A curious remark made by Jeremy Hunt in his speech to the Tory Conference this week. After highlighting some recent serious safeguarding issues at various health and care settings, he said that managers would be held responsible for the care in their establishments and that they could not expect to keep their jobs if they lost control of their care in the same way that they would not expect to keep their jobs if they lost control of their finances. One thing this certainly shows is that the minister clearly equates financial performance with...
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