High concentrations of substandard care homes in some areas leave families with no choice but to accept an under-performing home for older and disabled relatives, an analysis suggests. Over a third of beds were in settings rated as not good enough in a sixth of areas, the think tank IPPR found. In two places – […]
A SOUTHAMPTON care home supporting people with learning disability or autism has been told it “requires improvement” in its latest inspection report. The Integra Care Management care home on Winchester Road was told it required improvement in its most recent CQC report, publish earlier this month. The home, which provides accommodation and personal care to people with a learning […]
A SOUTHAMPTON hospital has been rated as ‘outstanding’ for being caring. A mental health hospital, the Priory Hospital Southampton, which caters for NHS and private patients has been ranked ‘outstanding’ for being ‘caring’ by the social and healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The newly published CQC report rates the hospital as ‘good’ in […]
Today, CQC published its latest report on oral care health in care homes. Their findings reflect what people have been telling Healthwatch, including the problems people face in accessing dentists. Take a look at reports on what people told us about dentistry (2016), care homes (2017) and the areas we wanted the NHS to focus […]
The Care Quality Commission has told Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust that it must make improvements to the acute wards for adults of working age and psychiatric intensive care units at Southampton’s Antelope House. CQC inspectors conducted an unannounced, focused inspection at the unit in Brintons Terrace in February 2019 in response to concerns by […]
The Care Quality Commission has rated University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust as Good overall. CQC visited the trust during December 2018 and January 2019 to check the quality of four core services – the emergency department, outpatients, medicine and maternity. CQC also looked specifically at management and leadership to answer the key question: Is […]
Brinton Terrace hospital has received an outstanding grade from the CQC after September’s inspection. Brinton Terrace has improved from the last inspection from good to outstanding. Read more here
Care Quality Commission fees consultation – have your say Today we have published a consultation document about the fees we propose to charge registered providers in 2019/20 and we are inviting you to have your say. We are required to consult widely on any proposed changes to the fees we charge and we will continue […]
To celebrate 70 years of the NHS, the CQC published 70 stories highlighting individuals – from volunteers to front line staff and senior leaders. All have gone ‘over and above’. All have made a significant impact on the care people receive. It’s not just about the NHS. The stories include people who work alongside health […]
The CQC are researching people’s experiences of online primary care services. These include online GPs, online prescription services and apps. The research will help them to develop a rating scheme for online primary care services. It will also help them to provide information about what to expect from these online services. Their independent researcher, Traverse, […]
