Rapid changes in care market risk National Care Service plan, regulator warns

CQC: care home buy-ups risk care service plan

• Private companies buying up care homes for older people in England could undermine the government's plan to create a universal care service, the Care Quality Commission has warned. • The regulator said the funding system for social care remains fragile: people using care services either pay for themselves or, for the poorest, the state helps cover the costs. • The CQC said the pace of change in the care market posed a risk to plans for a National Care Service.