We failed elderly because we were too scared care home owners would sue us, watchdog admits
Head of watchdog for care homes admits: we failed to protect vulnerable because we feared being sued
The elderly and vulnerable were failed by a watchdog set up to protect them because it feared legal threats from owners of care homes, it has admitted.
The head of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it has too often “backed off” from making attempts to close unsafe homes and “tended not to fight back” when was legally challenged.
David Prior, chairman of CQC, made the disclosures as the regulator vowed to change its approach, to be “much more robust” in taking on poor providers of care.
He said its own data suggests that at least 750 care homes providing care to elderly and disabled people have been failing to hit at least one basic standard for more than a year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...home-owners-would-sue-us-watchdog-admits.html
Head of watchdog for care homes admits: we failed to protect vulnerable because we feared being sued
The elderly and vulnerable were failed by a watchdog set up to protect them because it feared legal threats from owners of care homes, it has admitted.
The head of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it has too often “backed off” from making attempts to close unsafe homes and “tended not to fight back” when was legally challenged.
David Prior, chairman of CQC, made the disclosures as the regulator vowed to change its approach, to be “much more robust” in taking on poor providers of care.
He said its own data suggests that at least 750 care homes providing care to elderly and disabled people have been failing to hit at least one basic standard for more than a year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...home-owners-would-sue-us-watchdog-admits.html