PROVIDERS UNITE | WEEKLY UPDATE
Care companies who look after people with learning disabilities are not being inspected often enough, the Care Quality Commission has admitted to ITV News, as families say the health regulator is failing to prosecute providers of negligent care.
In an exclusive interview, the CQC’s Chief Inspector of Adult Social care said he would make increasing inspections his “number one priority” and would personally prioritise the care of people with learning disabilities and autism, following an ITV News investigation which has found multiple failings across the sector.
The CQC, which regulates health and social care settings in England, has the power to prosecute care providers for “severe or persistent breaches of safety”, but ITV news has found that since 2016 the regular has prosecuted just 11 providers relating to the care of people with learning disabilities.
