In a consultation announced today CQC sets out its proposals for an increase in fees to providers to cover the cost of the regulator carrying out its duties. CQC welcomes responses to the consultation on fees and the impact they will have on providers. The main proposal put forward in the consultation document relates to …
If one is to believe the inspections carried out by CQC, the care sector appears to be in crisis. The figures presented are stark with two out of five care homes in the adult social care sector and almost three quarters of NHS Trusts/Foundation Trusts failing to meet the required standards. The conclusions drawn from …
We are fast approaching the time for the publishing of CQC’s new strategy which will cover 2016-2021. It will outline CQC’s future regulatory ambitions within the health and social care sector and is of great importance to the sector. CQC has embarked on a series of changes to its regulatory approach. Tools have been developed …
In the context of the upcoming spending review, CQC has published a consultation paper “Building on Strong Foundations – shaping the future of health and care quality regulation” (“BSF”) aimed at developing a new strategy for 2016-21. CQC’s strategy for 2013-16 contained fundamental changes to the way it regulates the health and social care sector …
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In January 2016 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust will go on trial for corporate manslaughter in respect of a death of a patient following an emergency caesarean section at the Pembury Hospital in October 2012. The Trust has been charged alongside two anaesthetists who have been charged in their individual capacity with gross negligence …
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On 28 October 2015 CQC published its ‘Building on Strong Foundations’ report requesting public input into its vision for the future of CQC regulation over the next 5 years. We discuss below some of the pertinent points resulting from the report. The report outlines two main objectives, the first of which focuses on how CQC …
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