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Inspections can only hope to inspire managers into stopping abuse

An elderly woman with Alzheimers disease suffered physical abuse in a care home rated as excellent by the Care Quality Commission CQC. What were the inspectors doing? Did they have the wool pulled over their eyes by devious staff or were they incompetent? Is the CQC just not up to the job?

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