England's 'fragile' care sector needs immediate reform, says regulator

CQC says pandemic risks turning faultlines in England’s health services into ‘chasms’

The government must immediately deliver a new deal for social care with major investment and better terms for workers, the Care Quality Commission has said, as it warned that the sector is “fragile” heading into a second wave of coronavirus infections.

In a challenge to ministers, the regulator’s chief executive, Ian Trenholm, said overdue reform of the care sector “needs to happen now – not at some point in the future”.

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