Commenting on CQC’s Annual Report Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England says:“The report indicates that although progress has occurred there is much to be done in order to ensure that all providers are in a position to provide the best quality care; getting to grips with the fees from local authorities and CCGs is key to this objective.
Care England welcomes the report and the intelligence it provides will ensure CQC and providers can work to see a social care sector that can achieve the high ambitions it sets itself for good quality and personalised care”.
CQC’s report comes at a time when the sector has been under the microscope. Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of social care, is anxious that this momentum is not lost and that the promised Green Paper does not morph into yet another consultation.
There have been endless reviews and consultations; action is needed now.
Professor Martin Green continues:
“This sector is still at a tipping point. In order for this to be alleviated the resource, including the newly pledged money from the Government, needs to be delivered to the front line. This is not always happening and action must be taken to address this by Government”.
