The One Show BBC1

[EmJ]

Hi all,

On The One Show tonight they looked at the Care Quality Commission and Care homes.

They talked to a lady who runs a charity and she is a whistleblower. She visits care homes pretending to be 'someone looking for a care home for a relative' and writes up what she finds.

They interviewed Johann Hari who discussed the issues he'd written about.

In an interview with the Care Quality Commission - when asked why they don't investigate individual complaints the lady said -that's not in our remit. So who's responsibility is it?

Johann Hari summed it up - if this was dog kennels abusing dogs it would be front page news!

I don't think the programme is available to watch on the iplayer yet. But it's worth the watch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0108z5n#synopsis

EmJ

 

[EmJ]

I found this website which I think is linked. I've never heard of them before. Interesting...

http://www.compassionincare.com/

EmJ

 

[JPG1]

Hi EmJ

Katherine/together posted about the One Show earlier this evening, and that's where I posted the link to Compassion in Care:

http://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/showthread.php?p=446481#post446481

if this was dog kennels abusing dogs it would be front page news

So very true!

 

[nocturne]

I'll watch out for this on iplayer. CQC are going to be doing even less in future. In our area it is proposed that we set up a group of ex carers to keep a check on care homes. Quite how it is going to work and who is going to deal with complaints I don't know. My experience of Social Services does not lead me to believe they will be very interested in any poor reports. The next steering group meeting is in May so we shall see if any progress has been made.
Jan

 

[JPG1]

The One Show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0108z5n/The_One_Show_04_04_2011/

Approx. 2'30" into the programme.

 

[jimbo 111]

JPG1
Thankyou for the link
jimbo 111