Recommendation 15: Assessment of the performance of CQC
From Thirlwall Inquiry Final Report, published 15 September 2026.
Recommendation
There must be a rigorous and consistent review and assessment of the performance of CQC
by the Health and Social Care Committee, initially once a year and, once the committee is
satisfied, once every three years, or such other frequency to be determined by the select
committee.
In brief (written by this site)
The Inquiry recommended regular parliamentary reviews of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In an oral statement in September 2026 on the day the Inquiry report was published, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care noted that the report makes recommendations for regulators, including CQC (Department of Health and Social Care response, Sep 2026). Addressing further action, the Minister stated that the government "will, of course, consider the entire report and set out a full response" (Department of Health and Social Care response, Sep 2026). The record holds nothing dated later than the response of September 2026 (Department of Health and Social Care response, Sep 2026).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 5 Oct 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
No formal government response published. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's oral statement of 15 September 2026, made on the day the Inquiry's report was published, does not name this recommendation, which is addressed to the Health and Social Care Committee. It says only that the report "makes recommendations for the regulators, including CQC". It says the government "will, of course, consider the entire report and set out a full response". No later government response to this recommendation was found in the sources searched on 28 September 2026.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Department of Health and Social Care has been found in the sources searched (last checked 2 October 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Who has spoken
- Department of Health and Social Care
Response