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Care Quality Commission

  • Date 4 February 2019
  • Sector Health
  • Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10: Not upheld, FOI 16: Not upheld, FOI 17: Not upheld

The complainant has requested information relating to how the Care Quality Commission (the CQC) performs its role of ensuring that GP Practices are able to provide safe, effective, compassionate, high quality care to patients harmed by their experience of domestic abuse, racial abuse and discrimination. The complainant is concerned that the CQC has not complied with section 1(1), section 10(1), section 16(1) and section 17(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the CQC has complied with its obligations under section 1(1), section 10(1), section 16(1) and section 17(1) of the FOIA. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps as a result of this decision notice.