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Care regulator 'ignored concerns'

Today

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A senior figure at a health regulator has accused it of ignoring concerns about some hospitals in England. Kay Sheldon, who's a non executive director of the Care Quality Commission, says it passed a number of hospitals as "safe", even though its own inspectors found serious problems. The Today programme's Andrew Hosken reports.

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