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Contact information

Email

customer.service@shropshire.gov.uk

Telephone

0345 678 9000

Postal Address

Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

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Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Description:

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England.

CQC make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and they encourage care services to improve.

CQC monitor, inspect and regulate services and publishes what it finds, including performance ratings, to help people choose care. Where poor care is found, CQC will use their powers to take action.

For more information, please follow the link to their website, or use the contact details provided.

Contact Details

Telephone:
General enquiries: 0300 061 6161 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm)
Fax:
0300 031 3171
Email:
enquiries@cqc.org.uk
Website
CQC website

Additional Information

Notes:

CQC check all hospitals in England to ensure they are meeting government standards, and share their findings with the public.

They have registered over 20,000 care homes and publish all of their inspection reports, which check on the essential standards of quality and safety.

CQC have also started regulating primary dental care for both private and NHS services and they publish up-to-date information from their assessments.

They are responsible for monitoring all domiciliary care services in England.


Page last reviewed:
24/05/2022
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