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Tag Archives: CQC
Inspectors rate Whitgift care home as ‘Requires improvement’
Whitgift House, the care home on Brighton Road in South Croydon run by the Whitgift Foundation, has been rated as “Requires improvement” following its most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC found “breaches of legal regulations” and … Continue reading
Sutton defends its Ofsted failure by claiming ‘no child was hurt’
EXCLUSIVE: LibDem council deliberately delayed publication of damning report to avoid its failures of SEND children appearing before the local elections. DAVE BURTON reports how councillors and officials have broken confidentiality rules and tried to pass the buck Ofsted and … Continue reading
Mayday A&E rated ‘Requires improvement’ for fourth time
A snap inspection earlier this year by the CQC found Croydon’s largest hospital’s emergency department still failing to meet legal requirements for patient privacy and dignity, while ‘corridor care remains a concern’ Urgent and emergency services at Croydon’s largest hospital … Continue reading
CQC inspectors rate maternity unit as ‘requires improvement’
The maternity department at Mayday, Croydon’s largest hospital, where close to 4,000 babies are born each year, has been rated as “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, which runs what is sometimes referred to … Continue reading
Mayday! Report shows Croydon hospital requires improvement
Croydon’s largest NHS hospital has for the second time in less than three years been given a “requires improvement” rating by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission. In the report, the inspectors found that some patients had to wait more … Continue reading
Carers Centre users claim to be excluded from CQC inspection
CROYDON IN CRISIS: An internal council memo warns staff to be on their best behaviour in Fisher’s Folly while inspectors from the Care Quality Commission are on the premises this week, looking into the borough’s adult social care provision. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Annette McPartland, Carers First, Charity, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Adult Social Care, Annette McPartland, Care Quality Commission, Carers First, Conservative, CQC, Croydon, Croydon Carers Centre, Croydon Carers Support Centre, Croydon Council, George Street, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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CQC inspectors are being ‘nobbled’ by the council, carers claim
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Carers accuse council and their new contractors of trying to distort the findings of a supposedly independent quality inspection. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s carers, already reeling from the changes imposed on their services by Mayor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Business, Carers First, Charity, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Care Quality Commission, Carers Centre, Carers First, Carers' assessement service, Conservative, CQC, Croydon, Croydon Carers Centre, Croydon Council, George Street, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Toby Lee-Manning, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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Carers file mass complaint to CQC over council’s failures
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Registered carers have written to the independent watchdog to investigate the council’s bungled procurement process, dozens of them volunteering to be interviewed as part of an upcoming inspection. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s carers, feeling betrayed by … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Business, Carers First, Croydon Carers, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Adult Social Care, Care Quality Commission, Carers Centre, Carers First, Conservative, CQC, Croydon, Croydon Carers Centre, Croydon Council, George Street, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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South Croydon care company given ‘inadequate’ CQC rating
GGW Care Ltd, a care service provider that operates out of a small industrial estate in South Croydon, has been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection conducted last October. The Home Office has also … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, South Croydon
Tagged Capital Business Centre, Care Quality Commission, Carlton Road, CQC, GGW Care Ltd, Mary Monovis, South Croydon
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Maternity service at Mayday given improved ‘Good’ rating
Maternity services at Croydon’s biggest NHS hospital have been given an improved rating of “Good” for safety, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. This does not alter the overall CQC ratings for Croydon University Hospital, which is “Requires … Continue reading
Six council-run Extra Care schemes given ‘Good’ CQC rating
All six of Croydon Council’s Extra Care services – assisted accommodation homes – have been rated as “Good” following Care Quality Commission inspections. Extra Care facilities provide similar accommodation to sheltered housing, with residents living in their own self-contained homes … Continue reading
Watchdog demands urgent meeting with Virgin over Mayday
Healthwatch Croydon, the recently established independent health and social care watchdog in the borough, is pressing for an urgent meeting with the Virgin Care subsidiary which runs the Urgent Care Centre at Mayday Hospital, following serious concerns expressed over its … Continue reading
Mayday Hospital’s care record warrants closer inspections
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Are we, as patients, safe in the hands of the NHS? DAVID CALLAM welcomes moves for more stringent, and transparent, scrutiny Is Croydon’s Mayday Hospital a completely safe place in which to be treated? Or is it badly … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Care Quality Commission, CQC, Croydon, England, National Health Service, NHS, Patient
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Mayday! Croydon hospital on CQC’s staffing danger list
The NHS safe in their hands? So this is how the coalition works: in the General Election the Conservatives promise “no top-down re-organisation” of the NHS. Having failed to win the election, the Tory-led government then pushes forward plans for … Continue reading
