Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Sky News investigation into UK care homes.

These are damning reports which the Government takes incredibly seriously. Everyone deserves to live an independent, dignified life.

Dr Penny Dash’s report into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), published on 15 October 2024, showed that the CQC needs to make significant improvements.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has asked Dr Dash to carry out a second review looking at patient safety across the health and care landscape in England, within the context of wider regulation and improvement of quality of care.

The CQC has a new Chief Executive, Julian Hartley, who has a record of delivering transformational change. Julian is prioritising improvements following Dr Dash’s report and the Department is monitoring the CQC’s progress closely.