In adult social care, this includes an ambition to complete 1000 infection prevention and control (IPC) inspections and respond rapidly to requests to set up new Designated Settings. From January, we will begin a programme of activity to support the creating of additional capacity in the system....
Nearly a quarter of adult social care services provide care that is unsafe, a report by the Care Quality Commission has found.1 An overview of 33000 inspections of more than 20000 locations from 2014 to May 2017 looked at the five questions the commission asks of services: whether they are ...
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4. CQC UK. "Guidance Regulation - How we reach a rating." "Our judgements go through quality assurance processes. For services that have not previously been inspected or rated, we will need to assess all quality statements in a key question before we publish the rating. For newly registered...
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced it will consult this May on a new excellence scheme for adult social care, which will replace awarding star ratings. The CQC stopped awarding star ratings in June 2010. The excellence scheme would be launched in April 2012, but unlike the previo...
To ensure standards are consistently met, the CQC have developed a set of care compliance standards that they check against when conducting mandatory inspections on all health and social care services. For any care provider remaining compliant with the CQC and their standards is absolutely essential....
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is responsible for monitoring the quality of care providers across England. In the middle of its transformation into a data- and insights-driven care assurance model, CQC used Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice and Dy
it needs to be used to do things differently and to develop genuinely collaborative ways of working across all care settings. And staff need to be supported and rewarded. In order to attract and retain the right people to work in adult social care, there must be a sharp focus on developing...
Navigating CQC compliance is essential for delivering high-quality care and maintaining your organisation’s reputation. By understanding the role of the CQC as an independent regulator, its key regulations, and the inspection process, you can better prepare for and meet the required standards. ...
it presently is the case for providers of health and adult social care. These powers will be accompanied by a system of ‘special measures’ for local authorities as overseen by the Secretary of State and the ability of the CQC to issue ‘warning notice’ style letters to local authorities....