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GMC Edges One Step Closer To Regulating Physician Associates And Anesthesia Associates

On 17 February 2023, the Department of Health and Social Care (“DHSC”) published the response of their Consultation entitled ‘Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public’ which ran from 24 March 2021 to 16 June 2021. Seventy questions pertaining to four key areas of reform; Governance & operating framework, Education & training, Registration, and Fitness to …

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Is CQC’s Decision-Making Process Proportionate?

Articles & Publications / By Nythan Smith

The CQC makes judgements about the quality of the services it inspects by following its own processes. Some questions whether the regulator is justified in making such judgements. A recent case of note against the CQC, which is presently going through the courts, succeeded in part. It found that there was a case to answer …

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Understanding the CQC’s strategy and regulatory approach

Articles & Publications / By Gemma Nicholas

The CQC is working to fulfil its strategy that was launched last year. Under the new strategy the regulator plans to continually monitor practices and also shorten inspection reports. So what does this all mean for practices? What to expect and when The CQC’s current strategy sets out its aims, aspirations and outcomes from 2021 …

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Heed the Warning – CQC’s light touch can have heavy consequences for Providers – Are you prepared to challenge?

Articles & Publications / By Jenny Wilde

As has now been widely publicised, the CQC has abandoned its regular schedule of inspection for all health and social care services, including GP practices. Inspections will now be triggered by perceptions of risk, related to any notifications received by the regulator or any third party concerns or staff whistleblowing. As has been set out …

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How the CQC uses clinical searches in on-site and off-site inspections

Articles & Publications / By Anna Lemmer

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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How staffing levels can affect your CQC inspection rating

Articles & Publications / By Oliver Brown

A recent poll by GP Online found that four in five GP partners said that their practice had been unable to recruit a locum doctor when they needed one within the past six months. Locum GPs have become increasingly important in recent years given the current workforce crisis and the survey also found that nearly …

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Polio virus detected in London sewage samples – will this result in an influx of Vaccinations for GPs?

News / By Oliver Brown

On 22 June 2022, the UK’s Health authorities declared a national incident regarding the detection of the polio virus in London sewage and as such, have informed the World Health Organisation (“WHO”). This is following the United Kingdom’s Health Security Agency (“UKHSA”) finding traces of the polio virus in samples collected from the London Beckton …

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British Medical Association’s COVID-19 Inquiry – Government Seriously Fails Doctors

News / By Jennifer Durbin

While the Government has pledged to conduct a public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, the delay of learning the results of those findings will take too long. The British Medical Association (“BMA”) realised this, and is publishing five reports in total. The BMA conducted a study between November and December 2021 of doctors’ views and …

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What does the CQC’s new approach to regulation means for GPs?

Articles & Publications / By Nythan Smith

The CQC is in the process of developing the way in which it regulates GPs. There will be a move to a dynamic assessment of GPs and a move to a single assessment framework. This new way of regulating the sector is designed to make regulation less complicated and more transparent for the CQC itself, …

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