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The Duty of Candour places a responsibility on providers to be open and honest about incidents in the delivery of care.  But surely this goes without saying. In March 2015…

In order to demonstrate compliance with the performance standard of CQC, NHS funded providers should be able to show that they comply with the’ NHS Employment Checks Standards’. Check the…

So you think it`s safe to go back in the water? Once an inspection visit is over there is a temptation to relax, to let standards slip and stop trying…

The newly appointed CQC Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, Andrea Sutcliffe, will make developing a ratings system for homecare inspections a priority in her first few months of post.…

Recent publicity about worrying levels of bullying at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has a good side to it. But firstly, unfortunately, the report by an independent group, People Opportunities,…

I recently attended a seminar on the management of errors in medicines administration and got into an interesting debate with a fellow professional about how such errors are managed. Neither…