Mike Padgham, chairman of the Independent Care Group (ICG), representing adult social care providers in York and North Yorkshire, said the single-word judgements made by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are “too short and brief, and do not allow any room for explanation”.
The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils, said the single-word judgments cannot properly capture the “complexity of adult social care and the work councils do to meet their legal obligations”.
It comes after the government, last week, announcement that single-headline Ofsted grades for schools were to be scrapped with immediate effect.
Ofsted also inspects children’s social care providers and it is understood single-word ratings for those establishments will be done away with in 2026.
Adult social care providers are subject to inspection by the CQC.
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