NHS ombudsman criticises CQC for failing to fully investigate boy’s death

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The NHS ombudsman has criticised the service's care regulator for failing to properly investigate the death of a five-year-old boy in a specialist unit.

The boy's foster mother - an NHS doctor - has accused the care provider that looked after him of instigating a cover-up" of how he died and frustrating her efforts to get to the truth.