questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Care Quality Commission initial inspections for (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices and (c) care homes.
answerText: The Department has introduced additional oversight measures to ensure significant improvements are made to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) operational performance.CQC is aware of the issues providers have experienced with delays in processing registra...
heading: Care Homes and Primary Care: Inspections