CQC regulatory approach clarified in update
The CQC has confirmed that it will continue to only undertake inspection activity in response to a serious risk of harm or…
The CQC has confirmed that it will continue to only undertake inspection activity in response to a serious risk of harm or…
The CQC has published information on why care settings do not pass the assurance process to be a designated COVID discharge setting.
How care homes use digital services to meet people’s needs, and more targeted inspections are among the changes mooted in the new…
A combination of increasing pressures and rapidly developing guidance may have contribute to inappropriate DNACPR decisions, a CQC interim report reveals.
Most care providers have responded to Covid-19 well, but there were gaps in assurance in effective use of personal protective equipment (PPE)…
For most providers, fees for the CQC fees scheme will remain the same in 2021/22 as in 2019/20 and 2020/21, providing their…
Cheshire care provider, Vivo Care Choices Limited, which runs Curzon House in Saltney, was fined £200,000 in court for failing to provide…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has called for national system change after hearing that autistic people, people with a learning disability and…
The Care Workers’ Charity has criticised the Care Quality Commission’s recent ‘State of Care’ report for not reporting comprehensively on the wellbeing…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing problems in social care, including inequalities for people with protected characteristics, and highlighted the urgent need…