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To: CQC

CQC inspections for day centres

Expand their remit to allow Day Centres to be included in inspection routines.

Why is this important?

Currently there are hundreds of day centres up and down the country who are providing day care for thousands of patients. Many of their customers are disabled but the facilities that they have do not readily reflect this. As there is no national inspection team for these units at present, they do not have the incentive to provide full disabled facilities. If an annual (or more frequent) inspection were to be carried out by CQC then shortcomings could be highlighted to the governing body or local authority and provision made for the facilities to be upgraded.
My wife has attended one such centre catering for Alzheimer's and other dementias for a number of years. She is wheelchair bound as she cannot maintain her own weight and has had to leave as they do not have adequate hoists or, indeed, a disabled toilet.

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2014-10-27 11:16:35 +0000

25 signatures reached

2014-10-24 20:46:23 +0100

10 signatures reached