CQC publishes inspection reports on Marie Stopes International

CQC publishes inspection reports on Marie Stopes International The CQC has published the reports of its inspections of Marie Stopes International from earlier this year.

The concerns identified by the quality regulator from these inspections led to Marie Stopes International suspending specific types of termination between 19 August and 7 October 2016, while it worked with CQC to address these concerns.

These restrictions were:

• Suspensions of all termination of pregnancies for under-18s and vulnerable groups of women
• Suspensions of all surgical terminations under general anaesthetic or conscious sedation
• Suspensions of all surgical terminations at its Norwich centre.

CQC issued four warning notices to Marie Stopes International, in response to regulatory breaches around 'consent', 'safeguarding', 'care and treatment' and 'governance', as well as a number of 'requirement notices', to support improvement. Care Quality Commission

See also:

• Marie Stopes abortion clinics found to have 2,600 safety flaws The Daily Mail
• Watchdogs release damning reports on Marie Stopes abortion clinics The Daily Telegraph