Two Marie Curie hospices rated outstanding by CQC
End of life charity Marie Curie has received an ‘outstanding’ rating in a report published on 22 March by The Care Quality Commission for the charity’s Newcastle Hospice and community services in the North East. Marie Curie is a charitable organisation which raises funds to offer care and support through terminal illness. It is the […]
CQC working with National Voices and Point of Care Foundation on Regulators’ Pioneer Fund project
The CQC says it will use a Regulators’ Pioneer Fund of £635,394 to develop a framework to support integrated care systems (ICSs) in reducing health inequalities, helping them to measure how well they listen to the experience and needs of people and communities. Over the next 12 months, the CQC will work with National Voices […]
CQC readies new online portal for data collection
Earlier in the year the CQC revealed initial details of its new ways of working in 2023, which includes assessing providers using a new framework, supported by a new provider portal – usage of which begins this month. During August the organisation will invite a group of providers to log onto the new portal, where […]
CQC sets out new public engagement strategy
The CQC has outlined a public engagement strategy that it says builds on the organisational strategy it published in 2021, explaining how it will listen, inform and involve people and work in partnership with the organisations that represent people. The new strategy will run to 2026 and has four objectives: Build a trusted feedback service […]
CQC finds improvement in care home dental health practices
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the findings of a follow-up review on the state of oral health care in care homes in England, showing there have been improvements in the understanding of how important oral health is to keep people healthy. CQC first reviewed oral health in care homes in 2019, and found steps […]
Learn about the CQC’s new assessment framework at the Care Forum
Your Care Forum pass gives you the opportunity to attend a series of seminars from industry thought leaders, including CQC Inspection Manager Greg Reilly, who will outline the organisation’s new regulatory model. Reilly has over 20 years’ experience in the public sector, with the last 10 years spent at the Care Quality Commission. He has been […]
CQC: People’s experience of vital mental health services ‘poorest for years’
An annual survey from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has found that people’s experiences of mental health care continue to be poor, with people’s experience of some areas of care at their lowest point in eight years. CQC’s Community Mental Health Survey shows that nearly half of respondents reported that their mental health had deteriorated due to changes made […]
CQC works towards designated settings for people leaving hospitals COVID-positive
CQC is working with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), local authorities and individual care providers to provide assurance of safe and high-quality care in designated settings, which are part of a scheme to allow people with a COVID-positive test result to be discharged safely from hospitals. These settings are only admitting people […]
Care England urges industry to look to Life Beyond COVID
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has submitted evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Life Beyond COVID. Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, said: “The pandemic has shown us that the social care workforce is the sector’s greatest resource. There is a need […]
CASE STUDY: Challenging CQC ratings
By Stephensons Our specialist lawyers were recently instructed to draft factual accuracy comments for a residential care home following a comprehensive inspection, which saw the home’s ratings drop from an overall ‘outstanding’, consisting of three ‘outstanding’ and two ‘good’ ratings, to three ‘requires improvement’ ratings and two ‘good’. The CQC stated within the draft report […]
