6 in 10 Home Care Providers Have Outdated or No Ratings: Report

The findings come after the health minister said the CQC was ‘not fit for purpose’ after a report revealed significant failings in the watchdog.
6 in 10 Home Care Providers Have Outdated or No Ratings: Report
File photo of an elderly man dated May 18, 2017. Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Victoria Friedman
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An analysis by the Homecare Association has found that six out of 10 home care providers have either significantly outdated ratings or have not been rated at all by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

As of June, more than one-third (37 percent) of home care providers had last been rated by the CQC between four and eight years ago and nearly a quarter (23 percent) do not have ratings, the Homecare Association’s report published on Friday says.