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Written question asked by Baroness Jolly (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 18 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 August 2019. It was answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 July 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Psychiatric Hospitals: Children and Young People

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates each of the registered Child and Adolescent Mental Health Tier 4 inpatient services were last inspected; and what is the schedule for future inspections for each service.

Answer

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has provided the following response.

The dates each of the registered Child and Adolescent Mental Health Tier 4 inpatient services were last inspected are attached, due to the size of the data.

The CQC carry out either comprehensive or focused inspections. For National Health Service trusts, these inspections will usually be unannounced.

In a few instances, where there are very good reasons, the CQC may let a service know it is coming. For example, the CQC may contact a trust to make sure senior management are present to answer its questions.

To enable the CQC to observe normal practice in a service, it has introduced more unannounced inspections as part of its comprehensive inspection methodology.

Because the CQC requests information from providers beforehand, it will carry out the inspection within three months of the provider submitting its provider information request. However, the CQC will not announce the day on which it intends to inspect.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17300
Session
2017-19
Attachment
CAMHS Tier 4 inpatient inspections
Subjects
Children Inspections Psychiatric hospitals Young people
Link
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