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Abi Spence
Registration and Inspection SpecialistAbi has worked for and with Government agencies relevant to social care for the past 12+ years. Primarily with the Department of Health, Social Services Inspectorate, Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and since its inception the Care Quality Commission (CQC). As part of this long involvement Abi has developed a wide and detailed understanding of relevant issues and has worked closely with stakeholders such as people that use services, carers, providers, local government, the Department of Health, Ofsted and the Audit Commission. Read more
Posts by Abi Spence:
Cyber CQC – Shading your information to show the quality of your service
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistPromises Promises! As we leaf through the CQC Strategy From 2021, we see a technological rebirth for the regulator; full of promises we...
Respond to CQC’s Public Feedback on CQC’s Assessment Frameworks: Safety in Services
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistWhat is it about? CQC have launched a survey to ask people what a safe service feels like to them. This...
CQC Strategy…did you catch it?
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistCatch up TV If you didn’t catch the Care Quality Commission’s webinar on the launch of the CQC strategy 2021… don’t...
Dying Matters Awareness Week
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistDying Matters Awareness Week, running from 10 - 16 May 2021, is a chance to open up the conversation around...
Choose Kindness- Anti-Bullying Week 2020
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistThis year during Anti-Bullying week from 16-20th November, the anti-bullying alliance will be raising awareness in their anti-bullying campaign ‘United...
Raising Awareness of Epilepsy
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistIt’s Epilepsy awareness month in the US – and we think it should be here too! Did you know new...
Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistCQC launch new guidance to support autism and/or learning disability services. Getting it right Updating their approach to registering autism and learning...
Friendship Month: Why Friends are so Important (All the Time)
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistWhere Friendship Grows Friendships sprout in the most unlikely of places, am I right? The postman, the bus driver, physio, the older...
What do I need to prove to be outstanding?
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistWhat do I need to prove to be outstanding? It can feel kind of tough to work out what CQC are...
A good idea
Abi Spence Registration and Inspection SpecialistIs your CQC regulated service a pipe dream, or one with legs? Childhood memories It was cosy. Definitely cosy. The Elddis wisp...
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