Involuntary closures of for-profit care homes in England by the Care Quality Commission.

Autor:	Bach-Mortensen A; Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. Electronic address: anders.bach-mortensen@spi.ox.ac.uk., Goodair B; Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Degli Esposti M; Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The lancet. Healthy longevity [Lancet Healthy Longev] 2024 Apr; Vol. 5 (4), pp. e297-e302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 12.
DOI:	10.1016/S2666-7568(24)00008-4
Abstrakt:	Adult social care services in England are struggling, and sometimes failing, to supply the quality of care deserved by the most vulnerable people in society. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for protecting the recipients of this crucial public service. Their strongest enforcement is the ability to cancel the registration-the legal right to operate-of a health or social care provider. Using novel data from the CQC, we show that the proportion of care home closures due to CQC enforcements, relative to all closures, is increasing. Since 2011, 816 care homes (representing 19 918 registered beds) have been involuntarily closed by the CQC. Our results show that effectively all involuntary closures (804/816) occurred in for-profit care homes. This data emphasises the need for a comprehensive assessment of the impact of for-profit provision on the quality and sustainability of adult social care in England. Competing Interests: Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests. (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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