I first came across the concept of Suspension of Ratings (not suspension of registration, which is the concept most will be familiar with) in 2019. A power that allows the CQC to suspend your rating when it has belief that that rating no longer accurately reflects the service that you are providing. I wrote about …
Rating Suspension – A Lazy Way For The CQC To Regulate? Read More »
The CQC recently asked for feedback on the factual accuracy comment (“FAC”) process – the process whereby providers have 10 working days to submit comments to the CQC, following receipt of a draft inspection report. The process enables providers to comment, challenge and present evidence with a view to amending/changing the contents of the report, …
Revision Of The Factual Accuracy Comment Process Is As Clear As Mud Read More »
Over the last few months we have frequently written about the CQC moving away from timetabled inspections, now inspecting on the basis of perceived risk. At Ridouts we have seen, not only, an increase in action taken by the CQC against providers, but action at the highest level, through the issuing of Notices of Proposals …
6 years since a CQC inspection? Can the CQC move to dynamic, contemporary ratings? Read More »
The CQC is very quick to tell providers how they are not meeting the regulations or what they are doing wrong but rarely, if at all, do we hear stories of the CQC saying, “If you do x, you’ll be deemed to be meeting the regulations”. An example which is common, is that of staffing …
Is the CQC exacerbating the current state of care? Read More »
What should inspection reports look like? What information should they contain? And can they be all things to all people? In January 2019, the CQC introduced a new adult social care report writing template with the aim of producing “easier to read reports which say more with less words.” We saw a move away from …
They say buying and selling a property is one of the most stressful things you can do in life. Now imagine buying or selling a health or social care business where several 10’s or 100’s of people are reliant on good care being provided or money being in their pay packet at the end of …
Undertaking Due Diligence – Why it pays to do your homework Read More »
It can happen and does happen. The CQC can cancel your registration. It could be one location, it could be your entire registration. The CQC might stop you from trading by a number of means: asking a magistrate court to cancel your registration with immediate effect; serving a piece of paper on you urgently which …
What if the CQC tries to cancel your registration? Read More »
As reported on in our October 2020 Newsletter, the introduction of CQC’s Transitional Monitoring Approach means that the CQC is moving away from timetabled inspections and towards a more risk based approach. The CQC will base the action it takes on the information it is in receipt of, but this does not necessarily mean that …
The CQC’s transitional regulatory approach is being rolled out to general practice from 19 October 2020. The approach builds upon the regulator’s emergency support framework which it introduced when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The CQC’s intention is to move away from fixed timetabled inspections and towards inspecting based on presenting risk. The CQC has indicated …
How the CQC’s transitional regulatory approach could affect your GP practice Read More »
There appears to be a buzz phrase going round CQC at the moment. At the May 2020 CQC Board meeting “crossing the threshold” was said a number of times by different Board members – “…nothing beats crossing the threshold…”, “…people going out, crossing thresholds to one level or another…”, “…as this infection risk does reduce …
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