Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Adult Care and Health
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
That that the Central Placement Team only make new placements with providers with a CQC rating of “Good” or above where possible.
Following discussion at the Care Services PDS Committee on 14th November 2017, the Portfolio Holder for Care Services agreed a recommendation that new Domiciliary Care packages should only be placed with providers rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission. It is proposed that the same policy now be applied to new placements in care homes, which is expected to help incentivise providers to improve their Care Quality Commission rating.
The majority of care homes across the Borough are rated as ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding with 15 providers receiving an overall rating of ‘Requires Improvement’ for which improvement plans are in place. There are no providers rated as ‘Inadequate’.
Publication date: 17/01/2018
Date of decision: 17/01/2018
Effective from: 25/01/2018
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