State of Care report 2010/11

The year covered by this report was the first in which CQC operated under a new piece of legislation, the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Accordingly, there is no comparison with the data from the past two reports they have published on the state of care in England. Despite this lack of comparison, CQC are still able to see an emerging picture of improvements in some areas and others where more work is needed. The NHS has continued to make advances in infection control but management of medicines and the use of restraint are in need of improvement