CQC reports on learning disability services across the UK
13:58 - 12/01/2012
CQC reports on learning disability se...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has so far published fifteen reports following targeted and unannounced inspections of services which provide care for people with learning disabilities.
The programme includes a total of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes. The first five reports were published in December and an additional ten have since been published this week.
The regulator is investigating whether individuals with learning disabilities are receiving safe and appropriate care, treatment and support. They are also looking at whether people who use the services are safeguarded from abuse.
A full national report of their findings from all 150 inspections is expected to be published in the spring. It will draw conclusions about the overall quality of learning disability care services.
In the most recent reports, the CQC state that four of the ten services complied with essential standards of care, welfare and safeguarding, however two of these are still required to make improvements to ensure continued compliance. A further two settings posed moderate concerns but no major concerns were found at any of the locations visited.
CQC Inspectors were assisted by professional experts as well as ‘experts by experience’ – people who can provide the patient or carer perspective – as they carried out the unannounced visits. Any concerns identified were raised immediately with the providers and managers of the service. Settings which posed mild or moderate concerns must now tell the regulator how they plan to improve. If they fail they could face enforcement action.
First Response Training and Consultancy Services Limited provide a wide and diverse range of specialised training services for the health and social care sector, including all mandatory and induction training courses and some further training and special focus subjects.
Victoria O’Meara, Head of Quality and Curriculum at First Response, says: “Our care sector training courses have been carefully mapped to the Skills for Care Common Induction Standards and the Quality and Credit Framework (Levels 2 and 3). They also meet CQC requirements for health and social care and link to the GSCC Code of Practice for care workers.”
Victoria has over 15 years experience in health and social care management, provision and training, and explains: “We have underpinned all of our care sector courses with dignity in care and personalisation principles. This has made a real difference to our training provision as all care courses focus on personalisation, respect and dignity for the person receiving care. With our courses reflecting best practice in person centred care, we are able to meet the needs of our clients and improve knowledge and practice for care staff.”
First Response offer training in courses such as Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Person Centred Care, Managing Challenging Behaviour and Mental Capacity Awareness, among many others. For further information, please call freephone 0800 310 2300 today.
The programme includes a total of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes. The first five reports were published in December and an additional ten have since been published this week.
The regulator is investigating whether individuals with learning disabilities are receiving safe and appropriate care, treatment and support. They are also looking at whether people who use the services are safeguarded from abuse.
A full national report of their findings from all 150 inspections is expected to be published in the spring. It will draw conclusions about the overall quality of learning disability care services.
In the most recent reports, the CQC state that four of the ten services complied with essential standards of care, welfare and safeguarding, however two of these are still required to make improvements to ensure continued compliance. A further two settings posed moderate concerns but no major concerns were found at any of the locations visited.
CQC Inspectors were assisted by professional experts as well as ‘experts by experience’ – people who can provide the patient or carer perspective – as they carried out the unannounced visits. Any concerns identified were raised immediately with the providers and managers of the service. Settings which posed mild or moderate concerns must now tell the regulator how they plan to improve. If they fail they could face enforcement action.
First Response Training and Consultancy Services Limited provide a wide and diverse range of specialised training services for the health and social care sector, including all mandatory and induction training courses and some further training and special focus subjects.
Victoria O’Meara, Head of Quality and Curriculum at First Response, says: “Our care sector training courses have been carefully mapped to the Skills for Care Common Induction Standards and the Quality and Credit Framework (Levels 2 and 3). They also meet CQC requirements for health and social care and link to the GSCC Code of Practice for care workers.”
Victoria has over 15 years experience in health and social care management, provision and training, and explains: “We have underpinned all of our care sector courses with dignity in care and personalisation principles. This has made a real difference to our training provision as all care courses focus on personalisation, respect and dignity for the person receiving care. With our courses reflecting best practice in person centred care, we are able to meet the needs of our clients and improve knowledge and practice for care staff.”
First Response offer training in courses such as Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Person Centred Care, Managing Challenging Behaviour and Mental Capacity Awareness, among many others. For further information, please call freephone 0800 310 2300 today.
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