Home care inspections welcomed
ADASS has welcomed the Care Quality Commission’s programme of themed inspections for home care services, starting in April 2012.
The inspections, which will affect some 250 providers of domiciliary care, will focus on three outcomes:
· respecting and involving people who use services
· care and welfare of people who use services and
· supporting workers.
They will help the regulator ensure services meet the standards people have a right to expect, including being treated with dignity and respect.
The programme will be supported by an advisory group with members from a range of organisations, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Age UK, the United Kingdom Homecare Association and ADASS.
ADASS president Peter Hay said: “I am glad that the Commission has taken on this important task at a time when every penny in the inspection pot has to count, and when a number of recent reports indicate its urgency. ADASS wishes the Commission well in this significant and timely enterprise.”
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