Month: January 2012

Public Accounts Committee hearing on the Care Quality Commission

On Wednesday 25 January 2012, the Public Accounts Committee took evidence on the Care Quality Commission, in light of the critical National Audit Report on CQC published on 2 December 2012. Cynthia Bower, the CQC Chief Executive appeared before the Committee. It was a lively debate which one Committee member somewhat unsympathetically described as a …

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Care provider faces large fine after staff are exposed to violence and aggression

A West Berkshire company has been fined £14,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs after it was convicted of exposing social care workers to violence and aggression. The company, who provide services for people with learning disabilities, admitted breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, in relation to their employees and agency workers. …

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