Tag Archives: Older care
Care inspector could use hidden cameras
“Winterbourne View happened two-and-a-half to three years ago. Things should be happening now.”
The new inspections will determine whether services are caring and safeHidden cameras and mystery-shopper exercises may form part of a revamped inspection regime for care homes and domiciliary care in England next year.
New adult social care chief inspector Andrea Sutcliffe said she wanted to explore the role such techniques could play in uncovering abuse and neglect.
But she admitted their use would have to be balanced against the need for privacy and dignity in such settings.
The move will be considered ahead of the launch of a new system next year.
From next autumn, services will be given an Ofsted-style rating of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate to mirror the system being rolled out for hospitals.
“Start Quote
Confidence in the regulation regime has been shaken, but we have turned a corner”
Norman Lamb Care and Support Minister
The new Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections will determine whether services are:
- safe
- caring
- effective
- well led
- responsive to people’s needs
Your Say – long-term conditions call for views on Welfare in Scotland
Call for views
Your Say: Long-term Conditions
Are you affected by welfare reform? The Welfare Reform Committee would like to hear from people with, or caring for those with, long-term conditions and get their thoughts about how welfare reform is impacting on them.
About a year ago, the Welfare Reform Committee began an initiative, ‘Your Say’, to hear directly from those who have been directly affected by welfare reform. Over the last year the Committee has heard the stories of people from Glasgow, Annan, Kirkcaldy, Dunoon, Stirling, Coatbridge, Hamilton, Dundee, Edinburgh, Biggar… the list goes on.
