Friday 11 October 2013

CQC to appoint senior mental health inspector to 'root out poor services'

The Care Quality Commission is to appoint a deputy chief inspector of hospitals who will lead on mental health regulation and be tasked with “rooting out” failing services.

The CQC is looking to appoint a candidate with mental health expertise to the new post “as soon as possible”. The role will sit under Sir Mike Richards, the CQC’s chief inspector of hospitals. Richards said that the appointment would strengthen CQC’s scrutiny of mental health services, including the monitoring of the rights of people detained under the Mental Health Act.

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