Care Quality Commission: Convictions and Prosecutions
(asked on 23rd February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) prosecutions have been commenced and (b) convictions have been secured by the CQC against (i) individuals and (ii) organisations in each of the last five years.
The following table details convictions secured by the Care Quality Commission against individuals and organisations in the last five financial years.
Financial Year | Organisation | Individuals |
2015/16 | 1 | 4 |
2016/17 | 4 | 1 |
2017/18 | 5 | 1 |
2018/19 | 6 | 5 |
2019/20 | 13 | 7 |
2020/21 | 12 | 2 |
As of 25 February 2021, there are 14 prosecutions that have been commenced without a conviction secured of which one is pending trial and the remainder are either guilty pleas or awaiting first hearings.