A SENIOR CORONER has written to the both the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Department of Health (DoH) raising his concerns about the lack of any formal First Aid training requirements for care staff in the sector.

Dr. Peter Dean, the senior coroner for Suffolk, took the decision to publish his concerns in a ‘Regulation 28’ report which is designed to prevent future deaths. His comments were made after he held an inquest into the death of 55 year old care home resident Ashley Notson, who died after choking on a piece of meat in a unnamed care home.

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