Prosecutions against care homes and NHS hospitals rise by a third

Statistics provided by the CQC have shown prosecutions, cautions and fixed penalty notices, alongside a sharp rise in civil actions, have been taken against providers. There were a total of 781 cases in 2017/2018, but this rose to 906 in 2018/19. Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said: “The fact that the CQC felt …

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