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Care Homes: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that care homes meet high standards of (a) hygiene, (b) cleanliness and (c) quality of care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 17 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 19 Mar 2025
Answer: 25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that care homes meet high standards of (a) hygiene, (b) cleanliness and (c) quality of care.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. The CQC monitors, inspects, and regulates adult social care services, including care homes, to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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