The Commission for Social Care Inspection was a

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and the single, independent inspectorate for

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. Its sponsor department was the

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of the

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. It incorporated the work formerly done by the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI), the SSI/ Audit Commission Joint Review Team and the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC).

History

The Commission brought together the inspection, regulation and review of all social care services into one organisation. It was created by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 and became fully operational on 1 April 2004. The Commission received grant in aid from the Department of Health and also raised part of its running costs by charging regulatory fees. The fees were set out in The Commission for Social Care Inspection (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) Regulations 2004. From 1 April 2007 the regulation of Children's Services (Fostering and Adoption Agencies, Boarding Schools and Children's Homes) no longer fell within the remit of the CSCI. These functions were then carried out by

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. The Commission was abolished on 31 March 2009 and was succeeded by the

Care Quality Commission The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom. It was established in 2009 to regulate and inspect health and social care services in England. I ...

Commissioners

*Chair - Dame

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DBE *Chief Inspector - Paul Snell *Commissioner - John Knight *Commissioner - Professor Jim Mansell *Commissioner - Dr. Olu Olasode *Commissioner - Peter Westland CBE *Commissioner - Beryl Seaman CBE

References

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History

Commissioners

See also

References