CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

The Care Quality Commission has given its initial verdict on council adult social care services under its new local authority assurance system.
The regulator included findings from an analysis of data and other published performance information from all 153 councils in its annual State of health and social care report, published last week.
The assessment covered two of nine quality statements against which the CQC will be assessing authorities: care provision, integration and continuity, an