Second PHSO investigation into the Care Quality Commission’s regulation of the Fit and Proper Persons Requirement (July 2019)

Summary

This is the report of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) second investigation into the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) regulation of the Fit and Proper Persons Requirement (FPPR).

Rob Behrens wrote to Dr Sarah Wollaston MP and Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee to share the findings from the report. He underlines the need for reform of the FPPR system and for the recommendations from the Kark review to be swiftly implemented.