Recognising the increased pressure on health and social care at present, CQC have announced that, for the time being, they will continue to only undertake inspection activity in response to a serious risk of harm or where it supports the system’s response to the pandemic. What this means for providers of health and social care …
This has been a significant year for regulated social care and has seen a number of dynamic changes and changes, made in response to crisis, which will remain after this crisis is long past. The crisis is, of course, the COVID-19 Pandemic. Registered Care has been affected very significantly but has risen to that unplanned …
In October 2020 my colleague, Caroline Barker, wrote about the CQC’s new transitional regulatory approach, the shift to inspections based on risk, and how this could impact GP practices. One of the identified risks of this new approach is that of conclusions, informed by non-triangulated or incorrect evidence arising out of inspections carried out without …
The BMA has written to the Government to request that CQC’s inspection activity be stopped in order for GPs to focus on the effort to deliver vaccines once available to those in need. The BMA letter states that if CQC continue the practice of inspections, this will distract practices from fulfilling the vital role of …
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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 …
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On 18 September 2020, the Government published its ‘Covid-19 Winter Plan 2020 to 2021’ setting out the national support for the adult social care sector in England to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). It contains a number of support measures and is accompanied by a welcome commitment to provide over £500million of additional funding …
CQC has announced that, from 6 October 2020, it will roll out its Transitional Regulatory Approach (TRA) to Adult Social Care services. The TRA is the way CQC will continue to inspect and regulate services through the next stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. It follows on from the Emergency Support Framework (ESF) initiated in response …
On 30 September 2020 the CQC published its draft strategy on how it proposes to regulate the health and social care sector from 2021 and beyond. Note some key takeaways from this draft document below: The CQC intends to rely much more on data over inspections which will direct the CQC in terms of action …
On 28 September 2020, CQC published interim guidance on what a good digital record system looks like and how providers can achieve this. CQC assesses digital records systems against the relevant Key Lines of Enquiry (“KLOEs”) and the characteristics of ratings, in the same way that paper records are assessed. The guidance states that a …
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On 1 October 2020 the CQC published the monitoring questions for adult social care providers together with some guidance on what Providers can expect under its transitional regulatory approach to monitoring services. In summary, CQC will review the information they hold about services and follow it up with a call with the Provider. CQC …
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