Government Plans To Establish Care Quality Commission Could See Mental Health Sidelined, Says Charity, UK

Following the Queen’s speech, in which it was announced that the government plans to establish a new regulator to oversee health and social care, Moira Fraser, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation, said: “Merging the functions of the existing Mental Health Act Commission, Healthcare Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection needs to be handled with care. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Mental Health on November 8th, 2007