Member

The noble Earl, Lord Howe, referenced his view that the CQC does not take an individualised approach to monitoring and that, in practice, sadly, people could feel dismissed. Perhaps I could respond to that by saying that the CQC interviews thousands of patients as part of its monitoring of their MHA reports. I emphasise that this should be done in private, unless there is a good reason not to do so. I am sorry to hear of the feedback that the noble Earl referenced from patients who say that there have been occasions where the evidence that has been given may potentially be skewed. I can assure the noble Earl that I plan to raise this with the incoming Chief Inspector of Mental Health, Dr Chopra, when he is in post.