The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to carry out dozens of reinspections of care and nursing homes after an internal audit revealed that inspection reports contained "duplicate material."Gareth IacobucciThe BMJEULARRMD Open
In our analysis of the 15 care homes rated inadequate by the CQC, 13 inspections raised concerns about a lack of systems, process and standards that are designed to enable staff to do their work effectively and keep residents safe.These include systems and processes around care planning, medicin...
The CQC (which stands for Care Quality Commission) is the independent regulator of all care providers within England. Its main role is to ensure that all hospitals, GP clinics, care homes, dentists, community care and domiciliary care services are providing people with safe, effective, compassiona...
Vaccination has been a condition of deployment in care homes since 11 November. This is now be extended to the wider healthcare community following a consultation that led the change. The new regulations amend the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This is ...
NMC Response To The CQC Report On Care Homes In EnglandNursing & Midwifery Council
evidence categories for sector groups which sets out the categories of evidence CQC will usually look at for each of the quality statements as they apply to different types of service (e.g. NHS acute hospital services, mental health services, ambulance services and care homes/supported living ...
We have seen a notable increase in care homes entering special measures, CQC imposing conditions on registrations, cancellations or variations of registration of a service. Since 2015, CQC took over from HSE as the lead investigation and prosecution body for health and safety incidents involving ...
The report for Nursing Homes checks whether the service has a registered manager, a requirement not mandated for GPs or NHS hospitals [33]. Local Healthcare Surgeries For GP surgeries, checks will evaluate receptionists' training to recognise the symptoms of sepsis; it does not examine this in...
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Catch up on part 1 of our CQC webinar, “Transforming Feedback into Excellence: Evidencing Outstanding Care Quality for CQC Success with Radar Healthcare” Find out more Podcast: Get CQC ready Gain CQC readiness insights from Louie Werth, Director of Care Research. Dive into health and social ...