Monday, July 4, 2011: Dilnot and the CQC

Hopefully now we are in July there will be some respite and we will all have the chance to catch up.

Last week was busy for us with social care as a whole seeming to move from one crisis to another. We issued a press release about the Care Quality Commission in which we identify what we believe are gaps in the management of CQC and which we then make suggestions about how the gaps might be filled. We did write to Paul Burstow (the Minister) about this at the beginning of June but we haven’t had a response yet (a copy of the press release is linked below).

In a few hours, the Dilnot Commission will be publishing July its report: ‘Dilnot Commission on the Funding of Long Term Care’.

As expected, there was a build up to the publication of the report in the papers over the weekend and the National Care Association will be giving a series of interviews if the last few weeks is anything to go by.

I have already had one interview recorded which was aired on the Radio 4 Today programme this morning. Actually, it was the most charming interview I have ever done. The BBC took me to a care home in North London where I was interviewed by a 92 year old resident Diane Athill.

Obviously, keep watching this space, I’ll be blogging about the events of this week over the next few days - but right this second, I’m heading over to the launch of the Dilnot Commission Report!

http://www.nationalcareassociation.org.uk/story_detail.asp?story=news&id=666