A guide to the five standards and KLoEs of the Care Quality Commission. Understand the CQC’s expectations and assessment methods.
Currently the Bill makes no provision for the CQC to inspect and issue ratings for Integrated Care Systems. This was a surprise to many commentators. The Secretary of State has been pressed on this by the Health and Social Care Committee and he has since confirmed that the Department has been...
Our synthesis found that user panels and user advisory groups were common in the regulatory bodies across countries. In England, the CQC has user panels to provide input and advice regarding the regulation of children and mental healthcare services. In Norway, the NBHS recently established a user...
The key lines of enquiry that CQC inspect against include: “S1.8 How are standards of cleanliness and hygiene maintained? Are there reliable systems in place to prevent and protect people from a healthcare-associated infection? S1.9 Do the design, maintenance and use of facilities and ...