Ed Watkinson | QCS

Ed Watkinson

Residential Care & Inspection Specialist

Ed has wide experience across a variety of roles in the care sector. He has been a care assistant, registered manager, area manager, care manager and senior commissioner. He has also served as a Planning and Commissioning Manager for Buckinghamshire County Council and as Methodology Developer and Regulatory Inspector for the Commission for Social Care Inspection and most recently he has worked as a Regulation Manager for Barchester Healthcare.

In addition Ed was on secondment with the Care Quality Commission during 2014 and was central to the development, piloting and roll out of the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection methodology as part of their Policy Team.