questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Casey Commission on the potential duplication of (a)regulatory and (b) inspection activity in adult social care.
answerText: There is no direct duplication between how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assesses individual registered providers and how local authorities oversee providers within their areas. Both bodies are involved in evaluating quality and safety, but they do so...
heading: Social Services