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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

England’s healthcare watchdog apologises over ‘new regulatory approach’

Silhouetted male pushing an anonymous person in a wheelchair along a seafront as the sun sets behind them
The CQC regulates care homes, homecare agencies, community services and supported living facilities as well as dentists, GPs and hospitals. Photograph: Pixel Youth movement/Alamy

England’s healthcare regulator has issued a public apology over reforms to its monitoring of tens of thousands of hospitals, care homes, dentists and GPs.

The apology from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) came in the wake of care organisations complaining of a “hostile” inspection regime and a major new computer system failing to work properly.

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