CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inspections have been carried out by the Care Quality Commission in West Sussex in the last 18 months; and what the results of those inspections were. [125986]
Norman Lamb, Minister of State, Department of Health: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England and has a key responsibility in the overall assurance of essential levels of safety and quality of health and adult social care services. Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 all providers of regulated activities, including NHS and independent providers, have to register with the CQC and meet a set of essential requirements of safety and quality.
The CQC has provided the following information:
The first table refers to number of inspections completed and published in the area of West Sussex local authority from 1 April 2011 to 29 October 2012 by sector. The second table gives the percentage of those services that were judged to be either compliant or non-compliant and the percentage that resulted in enforcement action.
| Sector | Compliant | Non compliant with at least one outcome | Total |
| Independent Healthcare Organisation | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| NHS Healthcare Organisation | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Primary Dental Care | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| Social Care Organisation | 306 | 140 | 446 |
| Total | 354 | 147 | 501 |