Merging watchdog into CQC will ‘destroy’ independence

By Emily Townsend2026-02-26T13:10:00

The influential MP who first proposed setting up a safety investigations watchdog for the NHS has warned health and social care secretary Wes Streeting that merging the body into the Care Quality Commission would be “fundamentally wrong”.

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