 
					
				Clair Brown
				
					Safeguarding and Closed Cultures Senior Specialist, 
				
				
					
						Care Quality Commission
					
				
				
				
			
			
			
				
					
		
		
	Clair has a professional background in nursing but has worked in regulation of health and social care since 2002, starting as an inspector, and then as an enforcement inspector where she qualified advanced investigative practitioner. When CQC was formed Clair become an inspection manager. Later as national enforcement oversight manager, she developed CQC’s criminal enforcement capabilities. Clair worked on the Closed Culture project, leading on surveillance, Now as a senior specialist Clair is leading the project on developing the Commissions understanding of modern slavery and unethical international recruitment within health and social care, developing our regulatory policy position.
				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
						Sessions
					
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									09-Oct-2025People, Workforce & Wellbeing TheatreModern slavery and exploitation of workers
