Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49209
Carers: Self-employed
Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025
Question
Lizzi Collinge
Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for self-employed carers to be regulated by the Care Quality Commission.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department has understood that the term ‘self-employed carer’ refers to self-employed personal assistants. There are no current plans to introduce a requirement for self-employed carers to be regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).Currently, a...
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