Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman -
The Ombudsman carried out an independent investigation into a whistle-blower’s complaint about the Care Quality Commission’s oversight of the appointment of a Chief Executive to an NHS trust. It found that, in this case, record-keeping was poor and it did not adequately weigh up the evidence. The report concludes that the Care Quality Commission lacked rigour in its regulation of the appointment of NHS directors and had failed to take a transparent and proportionate approach.