26.04.13
Care home providers ranked by NHS Choices
Patients can now search and compare care homes on NHS Choices, care minister Norman Lamb has announced.
Information includes CQC inspection reports, providers’ listings of specialist services and facilities, comments from the public, service users and their families. The ability to give star ratings and an Ofsted-style rating will soon be introduced.
More than 8,000 care home providers have already added information to their profiles. Further details will be added on how providers perform against specific standards, and companies will be able to reply to comments from the public.
Lamb said: “A fully open, transparent and comprehensive service like this will leave bad care nowhere to hide. This means better standards and quality of care across the board.
“By reading about the experiences of others, people can make confident choices about their care and help providers know where to make improvements, if needed.”
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