Grim news on care home funding

This article on the channel4 web-site makes worrying reading about the future of care home funding and standards http://www.channel4.com/news/care-home-crisis-as-funding-cuts-loom

CQC Quality Ratings

CQC have decided to stop providing quality ratings and the last set were issued at the end of June 2010.  They have carried out a consultation and will launch a new process in May 2011.  How we are supposed to get an idea of the quality of a home that opens between July 2010 and May 2011 is unclear.

Their document about this is here
http://www.cqc.org.uk/guidanceforprofessionals/adultsocialcare/changestoourassessmentsystem.cfm. 

The results of the consultation process are here
http://www.cqc.org.uk/_db/_documents/Analysis_of_consultation_on_CQC_assessments_2010-11_201009133532.pdf