Inspection of Adult Services

• Who inspects social care, private and voluntary health care services in Tameside?
• Where can you have a look at inspection reports?
• Is there a local office of the National Care Standards Commission?
• Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)

Who inspects social care, private and voluntary health care services in Tameside?

The Care Quality Commision (CQC) (www.cqc.org.uk )

Their main activities are:

• Registration of health and social care providers to ensure they are meeting essential common quality standards
• Monitoring and inspection of all health and adult social care
• Using our enforcement powers, such as fines and public warnings or closures, if standards are not being met
• Improving health and social care services by undertaking regular reviews of how well those who arrange and provide services locally are performing and special reviews on particular care services, pathways of care or themes where there are particular concerns about quality
• Reporting the outcomes of their work so that people who use services have information about the quality of their local health and adult social care services. It helps those who arrange and provide services to see where improvement is needed and learn from each other about what works best.

Where can you have a look at inspection reports?

The Commission publishes inspection reports on the above services.

If you have a query about a care home (residential and nursing home) you can also view inspection reports at ChoicE in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Is there a local office of the Quality Care Commission?

The CQC is a national organisation with the Northwest office being in Newcastle upon Tyne.  They are responsible for the registration and inspection of services in Tameside:

 Care Quality Commission (CQC), CQC Northwest, Citygate, Gallowgate,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4PA.
03000 61 61 6103000 61 61 72 or enquiries@cqc.org.uk