BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'ARSENAL Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, France's writers competed to attain comfortable positions, financed by state sinecures, of caring for other writers' books.
If this was the state of care for heart disease, the NHS would be abolished overnight.
In its annual state of care report [pdf], the CQC issues its starkest warning yet.
The perilous state of care homes is of particular concern for Britain because of its ageing population.
This outcry was first triggered by the prolonged substandard state of care at Stafford hospital, where hundreds of patients died.
Barbara Keeley, Labour's shadow minister for social care, said: "These figures are an alarming reminder of the desperate state of care services in this country.
Overall, two thirds of NHS hospitals were deemed to be "requiring improvement" or "inadequate" in the annual State of Care report.
But Andrea Sutcliffe, the CQC's chief inspector for adult social care, told the Telegraph that the regulator's State of Care report has found a third of Britain's 18,000 homes require improvement and 7% are inadequate.
Mr. Russell is betting that demand for his five-star homes will grow as people become more frustrated by the state of care in most nursing homes, and as wealthy baby boomers enter retirement.
Stephen Burke Director, United for All Ages and Good Care Guide You report the Care Quality Commission chief executive, David Behan, expressing concern about "the fragility of the social care market" after the publication of State of Care, the CQC's annual report (Cuts to care of elderly take A&E to tipping point, says regulator, 13 October).
