£4m to help councils prepare for CQC adults’ services checks

Councils in England will share £4m to help them prepare for assessments of their adult social services by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The Department of Health and Social Care is giving each of the 153 authorities a £26,730 one-off payment to help familiarise themselves with the process and effectively engage with their first assessment.
The regulator is currently testing its approach to assessing adults’ services with five authorities: Birmingham, Lincolnshire, North Lin