This week CQC published its handbook on how it will regulate and inspect England’s hospices and hospice services in people’s homes from January 2015. CQC has issued one handbook covering its regulation for all hospice services and another that publishes the questions (called ‘key lines of enquiry’) that inspection teams will use to guide them …
The shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, has revealed that under new plans a Labour government could reduce variation in access to drugs and procedures by making it mandatory for commissioners to follow national clinical guidelines. Under the current system, NICE’s clinical guidelines are advisory, not mandatory. Andy Burnham said he wanted to“strengthen” NICE’s role and …
During CQC’s Board meeting last week, the Board considered a paper setting out the thinking within CQC in relation to the use of surveillance to monitor care in health and social care settings. CQC’s Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe, said: “Our thinking on this sensitive issue has been shaped by concerns raised …
The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has highlighted the price of litigation as one of the ‘shocking costs’ of poor care harming the NHS. He stressed that to reduce these avoidable costs standards in safety and quality of care need to improve. A report by Frontier Economics concluded that the NHS is spending up to £2.5bn …
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CQC has today published its fifth annual ‘state of care’ report on the state of health and care services in England. The noticeable variation in the quality and safety of care in England is a running theme throughout the report with CQC stating that this variation is unacceptable. The report highlights that over the past …
This week CQC has launched its consultation on the fees it proposes to charge registered providers in 2015/16. The consultation sets out CQC’s proposals to change the balance of funding to increase cost recovery from provider fees in 2015/16 in order to meet the government policy of recovering all chargeable costs from fees. In particular, …
CQC has recently published a review into the care provided to people living with dementia. The review, titled ‘Cracks in the Pathway – people’s experiences of dementia care as they move between care homes and hospitals’, states that its findings indicate an “unacceptable gap” in the quality of care for those suffering with dementia. The …
Today marks the launch of CQC’s new model for inspecting adult social care. The new model confirms how CQC will regulate, inspect and rate care homes and community adult social care in England. Provider handbooks have been issued which are meant to help care providers understand how they will be assessed and rated under the …
According to a survey commissioned by CQC of people who use the websites Mumsnet and Gransnet, 8 out of 10 users identify choosing care as a major source of stress. CQC’s survey of users of the two websites found that choosing care for a parent or other older relative can be more stressful than divorce, …
CQC are to release guidance later this month, which will advise relatives and care home providers on how to set up covert surveillance if they have concerns about their staff. Andrea Sutcliffe, CQC’s chief inspector of adult social care said that the method should only be used as a last resort. She said: “We have …
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