Useful Guides

Q Talks are a series of informative and topical webinars run by leading experts from Quality Compliance Systems. We have created a series of webinars dedicated to simplifying the complexities…

At QCS we provide the care sector’s leading compliance toolkits, helping providers to meet care standards with minimal fuss. The QCS Management System contains a wide range of policies, procedures…

We have recently improved the way you create and manage reading lists on your QCS Management System. This user guide will show you how to make the most of these…

This user guide will show you how to select a policy and see what changes have occurred to the document from a specified point in time (known as ‘Highlight Changes’) as…

QCS are pleased to announce the launch of our new Fundamental Standards Draft Guidance to enable you to prepare for inspection under the CQCs ‘Fresh Start’. To get started, navigate…

QCS are pleased to announce the launch of our new Stakeholder Surveys to enable you to prepare for inspection under the CQCs ‘Fresh Start’. Stakeholder Surveys Stakeholder surveys will be…

From 1st October 2014, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) began inspecting adult social care providers using the new model inspection regime, which we have covered in preceding articles. The CQC…

What’s changed in how the CQC will reach a judgement about your service? This article will expand on the approaches to inspections which the CQC will use. In their draft…