A combination of the cost-of-living crisis and workforce pressures risk creating ‘unfair care’, the health and care regulator has warned, with longer waits, reduced access and poorer outcomes for some service users. The warning came in the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual assessment of the state of health and adult social care in England, looking at the quality of care over the past year. The CQC said that the ‘turbulent’ year had seen … Continue reading Regulator warns of ‘unfair care’ amid economic strife and staff shortages