CQC’s own staff are fearful of voicing their opinions on the CQC’s new regulatory approach due to a closed-culture attitude. In 2021 the CQC revealed a new regulatory approach, stating that it wanted to drop scheduled inspections in favour of a “more flexible, targeted approach”, using data and other insights in an effort to provide …
The CQC has noted an increase in providers using surveillance like CCTV. CQC is considering whether a new approach to assess how surveillance like CCTV is being used, could support providers to use it in a supportive, monitoring approach, for people using the service. CQC seeks views on this as it looks to publish new …
CQC Seeks Views from Providers on Guidance for inspectors on Surveillance Read More »
As published in Caring Times – February 2021 On 7 January 2021, CQC published a formal consultation paper on its new draft strategy that it aims to implement over the next five years. CQC acknowledged that the pandemic has forced the health and social care sector to think differently and stated that the purpose of …
CQC’s draft consultation strategy for 2021 and smarter regulation – has much changed? Read More »
CQC announced a consultation on its new strategy to take it from 2021 and beyond recently. In this article I pull out some key observations from this consultation and what impact they may have on the health and social sector. There are some positive measures proposed by the CQC but the one area which appears …
As part of its 2021 strategy, the CQC has published a consultation which promises a significant shift in its approach to inspections and ratings. This article does not explore these proposals nor the merits of them in detail (although, for future reference we do think there will be a lot to say) but in short, …
CQC Strategy Consultation on Inspections and Ratings – Will more flexible mean better? Read More »
On 7 January 2021, CQC published a formal consultation on its new draft strategy that it aims to implement over the next five years and it has requested feedback from providers. In a statement published on its website, CQC acknowledged that the pandemic has forced the health and social care sector to think differently and …
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