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
Are Inspection Reports Fit for Purpose?
What should inspection reports look like? What information should they contain? And can they be all things to all people? In January 2019, the CQC
CQC’s Consultation on “Changes for Flexible Regulation”- What could it mean for Providers?
January 2021 saw the release of two important consultation documents by the CQC. The first was its consultation on its strategy from 2021 and beyond
Musings on CQC’s proposed strategy on regulating the health and social sector through 2021
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
Visiting care homes during COVID-19
Images that will be remembered from this pandemic are those of friends and family visiting their loved ones through the windows of care homes. These
End of year Review of CQC developments
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,
CQC Letters of Intent: A precursor to urgent action – don’t miss the opportunity to stop it escalating
As reported on in our October 2020 Newsletter, the introduction of CQC’s Transitional Monitoring Approach means that the CQC is moving away from timetabled inspections
