Care Quality Commission

What does the CQC really expect? From my colleagues at other practices I often hear rumours about what is required by the CQC. However, over the last 12 months Professor…

The Local Government Minister, Kris Hopkins, has declared that inspection by CQC of local authority commissioning services is unnecessary. This was said in the context of concern expressed at the…

The fourth Nutrition and Hydration Week (NHW) will run from 16th-22nd March 2015. The aim of the week is to focus energy, activity and engagement on nutrition and hydration as…

The CQC rates practices against particular population groups The CQC now inspects and rates practices against six population groups – older people, long term conditions, mother’s babies and children, working…

The Care Quality Commission recently issued a pamphlet guide on the use of secret filming in care services. It did this because it recognised that it was already an established…

QCS are pleased to announce the release of a new set of Mock Inspection Toolkits designed to help adult social care services in England to prepare for the CQC’s new…

From 1st April, 2015 if you’ve been awarded a rating by the CQC under their new inspection regime, you will be required to publically display it. The information you display…

What are the requirements? Practices are still confused about whether or not they are required to provide translation or interpretation services to patients whose first language is not English. Even…