Should Providers Accept Or Challenge CQC’s Findings?
Many health and social care providers decide to engage with CQC in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration. They accept the ratings awarded to them
Press Releases – The Right To Speak Up
It is common knowledge within the health and social care sector that an inspection by the CQC is accompanied by an inspection report. This inspection
Controlled Drugs – How Providers can Control the Consequences
The Care Quality Commission (“CQC”) reports annually on its oversight findings to ensure that healthcare providers maintain a safe environment for the management and use
CQC’s Updated Regulatory Approach – Has Anything Really Changed?
On 27 January 2022, the CQC announced that, following the easing of Covid restriction across the country, it has reviewed and updated its regulatory approach,
CQC finally set to inspect ‘Requires Improvement’ rated care homes
In its latest publication on the 21 December 2021 the CQC has announced that it will finally begin to inspect care homes rated ‘Requires Improvement’.
Care Home Visiting Restrictions in the Spotlight
There has been a lot of controversy about care home visits over the past 18 months and providers have been at the forefront of balancing
Is the CQC exacerbating the current state of care?
The CQC is very quick to tell providers how they are not meeting the regulations or what they are doing wrong but rarely, if at
CQC Focus On Decline, Not Improvement – Are You At Risk?
On 20 September 2021, CQC hosted a webinar for adult social care providers in relation to its current monitoring approach and set out how it
Appealing decisions taken by CQC – Are the odds in the favour of Health and Social Care Providers?
Since August 2016 the CQC has had decisions it has made in respect of the registration of health and social care providers appealed 55 times
CQC are on the Warpath
After the announcement of the first lockdown, CQC announced that they would significantly reduce in-person inspections. However over the last 12 months there has been
CQC’s New Strategy – What does it say and how will it be implemented?
On 27 May 2021 the CQC launched its new strategy outlining how it plans to change and transform to deliver more effective regulation. While the
The Notice of Proposal: a forgone conclusion or a meaningful last chance saloon?
I’ve lost count of the number of calls that Ridouts has received from panicked health and social care providers over the years, anxious about an
