The Government have officially announced today that they are consulting on mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for care home staff in England. The Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: “The vaccine is already preventing deaths and is our route out of this pandemic. We have a duty of care to those most vulnerable to Covid-19, …
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Ridouts has been made aware that CQC has removed a number of inspection reports from publication following concerns that an expert by experience had duplicated quotes and evidence across different providers’ reports, making the evidence base of the reports unsound. It has been suggested that as a result of the conduct of the expert by …
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It’s going to be a year of change and development in the health and social care sector. So what should providers look out for and how will these changes impact their businesses? CQC report on restraint and segregation In May 2019 CQC published its interim report on the review of restraint, seclusion and segregation across …
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The 2019 CQC State of Care Report was recently published on 15 October 2019. Overall CQC has concluded that the quality of care across the country is improving slightly but raised concerns about individuals continued difficulties in accessing the care and support they require. CQC’s analysis in relation to mental health and learning disability services …
In this months’ Board Meeting CQC discussed it’s People Pulse Survey for August 2019 – an interim survey seeking CQC’s own staff views on the organisation including how communications are working and how CQC is leading change given the high level of transformation currently taking place internally. The survey has presented a mixed bag of …
In February this year CQC launched its ‘Declare Your Care’ campaign, encouraging people to share their experiences of care with CQC to support it with its regulatory work. The associated press release included data from a consumer research study commenting on people’s regrets about not raising concerns about health and social care services when they …
Care Talk – May 2019 – Complaints in the spotlight Read More »
Last week saw the publication of CQC’s ‘new’ factual accuracy comments (“FAC”) process for draft inspection reports. In last month’s Ridout Report Jenny Wilde discussed the potential consequences of the proposed changes. As we now know what CQC has decided, this Ridout Report discusses what changes have been made and how these may impact a …
Ridout Report – April 2019 – CQC’s new FAC process revealed – what does it achieve? Read More »
CQC now has the power to rate independent standalone substance misuse services and is currently rolling out its first wave of comprehensive inspections to establish a ratings baseline for future inspections. This is the first time such services are being rated by CQC. Adverse ratings can have a negative impact on the financial and operational …
Challenging CQC inspection reports and ratings – DDN – December 2018 Read More »
Last month the Kings Fund and Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) published a report analysing the effectiveness of the CQC’s approach to inspecting and rating health and social care providers. The report is titled ‘Impact of the Care Quality Commission on provider performance – Room for improvement?’. While it noted that the current CQC inspection …
An inspection regime with room for improvement – HSJ article – October 2018 Read More »
CQC appointed its new Chief Executive to the Board, Ian Trenholm. He is due to take over the role in July 2018 when Sir David Behan leaves. Mr Trenholm started his career in the police service before moving on to roles including Chief Operating Officer at Defra and Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of …
Challenging CQC’s Evidence Base – as published in Caring Times Read More »
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