NHS ombudsman criticises CQC for failing to fully investigate boy’s death

The NHS ombudsman has criticised the service’s care regulator for failing to properly investigate the death of a five-year-old boy in a specialist unit.

The boy’s foster mother – an NHS doctor – has accused the care provider that looked after him of instigating “a cover-up” of how he died and frustrating her efforts to get to the truth.

The ombudsman has criticised the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for failing to act on evidence that emerged at the inquest into the boy’s death that cast doubt on the trust’s version of events.

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Source: Guardian, 31 December 2024