Patient safety

New criminal powers for CQC would need a higher level of proof

By 2013-02-08T11:54:00

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Source: Rob Byron

The Care Quality Commission would need to increase its standards of proof if it is to make use of new powers to bring criminal prosecutions as proposed in the Francis report, lawyers have warned.

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