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| Response from the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) to the Office of Fair Trading's market study of care homes | | Corporate Author | Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) |
| Publisher | Electronic format only, 17 August 2005 |
| Pages | 17 pp |
| Source | Download document : http://www.csci.org.uk/how_we_do_our_work/informin... Download document : http://www.csci.org.uk/how_we_do_our_work/informin... |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Charges ; Consumer choice ; Complaints [services] ; Contracts ; Market research ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | Following the response from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report "Care homes for older people in the UK: a market survey", the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) outlines the actions it proposes to take to address the OFT's recommendations. It notes particularly the OFT's concerns regarding access to care services, a concern which the CSCI is encompassing in its corporate plan. CSCI's response specifically covers: information about moving into a care home; local authority obligations; "top-ups" and price transparency; written contracts and statements of terms; and making complaints. CSCI is working on a more detailed action plan and considering the resource implications. It intends to share its completed proposals with the OFT and the Department of Health (DH) by October 2005. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051004201 E |
| Classmark | KW: LHB: KX: QEJ: WYC: QLV: 6QH: WUA: 6OA |
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