The Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) announced on 31 August 2022 that they will be amending guidance relating to people with a learning disability or autism, which care providers are subject to. Since 2020 the CQC have implemented guidance called ‘Right Support, right care, right culture’ (“RSRCRC”). This is statutory guidance under section 23 of the …
In a webinar which took place on 22 June 2022, the CQC explained that clinical searches which it has developed are now being routinely used by CQC inspectors in both off-site and on-site inspections of GP Practices. The clinical searches were developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their purpose is to assess how …
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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 …
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In 2021, the CQC unveiled its latest strategy for regulation including a new ‘single inspection framework’ which claims to ensure a greater emphasis on ‘care integration, people’s experiences, cultures of safety and learning/improvement.’ During the pandemic, routine inspections ceased all together and it seems the CQC has taken this opportunity to phase them out as …
Our lawyers have been engaged in supporting Health and Care providers with their relationships with regulators for many years. Over the last 20 years there has been a steady increase in the regularity and intensity of regulator intrusion into care provision businesses. Whilst those businesses face many of the same challenges and operational issues as …
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Regulation 18 – Staff training in Health and Social Care services has changed As of 1 July 2022 new law has been introduced that will impact all health and social care providers registered with the CQC. The Health and Social Care Act 2022 now requires that all providers ensure that their staff have received training …
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On 30 June 2022, the CQC updated its guidance on the duty of candour. Under Regulation 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, registered persons (providers and registered managers) have a duty to act in an open and transparent way with relevant persons in relation to care and treatment …
The CQC has updated its statutory guidance on compliance with Regulation 18 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This reflects a change in law, as of today (1 July 2022), that requires all health and social care providers registered with the CQC to ensure their staff have received training …
So you see it pop into your inbox – an email from the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) issuing a Warning Notice for breach of regulations. The three to four page document outlines in detail how you have failed, or are failing, to comply with one or more of the regulations. At the end it simply …
It is becoming clear that the senior management of the CQC has developed a change of policy for providers which is to stigmatise and punish rather than to support and encourage. It was not always so, but, providers must be prepared to manage their relationship with their regulator on the basis of how it is, …
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