One of the main themes announced in CQC’s strategy for 2016 – 2021 is its aim for there to be a “single shared view of quality” across health and care services. The implementation of the single quality view suggests that CQC expects regulatory bodies and providers alike to follow its guidelines on quality when making …
The Citizen’s Advice Bureau (CAB) report as cited by the Times on 08 February 2016 – Hidden charges in care homes – is simplistic and could be much more helpful for residents and potential residents. It should be noted carefully that this will apply only to independently funded care i.e. full self-funders and those paying …
CQC has published its final consultation on its 2016-2021 strategy and business plan, which follows on from their previous consultation, ‘Building on strong foundations,’ consultation which closed for public comment on 22 November 2015. CQC’s strategy is focused on 6 main themes: 1. Improving its use of data and information 2. Implementing a single shared …
The deadline for responding to CQC’s current consultation on their Code of Practice is midday on 19 February 2016. What is the consultation about? The consultation proposes revisions to CQC’s Code of Practice on confidential personal information (CPI) which it issued in 2010 and which governs that way in which CQC obtains, handles, uses and …
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In recent months Ridouts have seen an increase in irrational behaviour and errors in judgement by CQC staff. The recent and anxious recruitment drive by CQC to increase the numbers of inspectors may be responsible for the apparent decline in the quality of inspection reports and lack of informed approach to inspections. Notable misdemeanours include …
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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At Ridouts we have dealt with a number of cancellation cases over the last year where there has been a refusal on the part of CQC to back down even though the services in question have improved to the point of being rated overall “good” on reinspection with no breaches of regulations identified. Typically, CQC …
There are a number of points of interest to note. First, at a stroke, just before the Parliamentary recess there was a simple announcement that most of the important Dilnot changes in the Act would not be implemented for the foreseeable future. Apparently, this is in response to local authority lobbying that the costs were simply …
“If it’s not written down – it didn’t happen.” This is the reality facing providers when it comes to inspections and providing evidence to CQC on what has or has not happened in their service. If something is not recorded in an establishment’s paperwork then, according to CQC, this means it did not happen and …
The year 2015 has seen a major overhaul of the regulatory aspect of adult health and social care. One of the oft repeated criticisms of the CQC was that they have been passive in their approach to enforcement and had failed to show “teeth”. The CQC have vowed that they will be much more robust …
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