Streeting: Safety agency will be integrated into ‘failing’ CQC carefully

By Annabelle Collins2026-01-30T13:55:00

The health secretary has said the government will approach integrating the NHS’s “succesful” safety watchdog into the “failing” Care Quality Commission with “enormous care”.

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