The Care Quality Commission (CQC) plays a crucial role in regulating health and social care services across England, ensuring that care homes deliver high standards of care. In recent years, the CQC has intensified its enforcement actions against care homes that fail to meet these standards. This blog explores the implications of these enforcement actions…
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the UK’s foremost regulatory body ensuring that care homes maintain high standards of care. Through rigorous inspections and subsequent ratings, the CQC holds care homes accountable, providing transparency and trust for residents, families, and the public. However, the time it takes for the CQC to reassess care homes, particularly…
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England, tasked with ensuring that care homes, hospitals, and other care providers meet essential standards of quality and safety. However, recent developments have cast a shadow over the CQC’s effectiveness, raising serious concerns about its ability to fulfil its mandate.…
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Introducing our new interview series, Pivotal People, to share care sector insights that are shaping the future of the industry.
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A poor inspection rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) can have a huge impact on the profitability of your care home. In an article by the Royal College of General Practitioners, research showed that being rated inadequate and placed in special measures can lead to difficulty with recruitment, lack of referrals, and even increased…
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State of Care is the annual health and social care assessment in England, reporting on industry trends, examples of good and outstanding care, and where care needs improvement. The comprehensive audit looks at everything from the workforce to the quality of care within the industry. In this blog, we’ll be looking at how you can…
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Care Quality Commission (CQC) on-site visits play a big part in the final result of your care home rating. Visits will either be scheduled or responsive. Types of CQC inspections Four different types of inspections carried out by the CQC: Comprehensive inspections Focused inspections Targeted inspections Combined inspections Focused Inspections – What are they? Whilst comprehensive inspections…
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Anyone working in health and social care for more than a few years is aware that we keep changing, developing and moving the goal posts in response to what we learn or to ever-evolving circumstances. However, the CQC’s fundamental standards, key lines of enquiry and methodology had settled down and has been feeling familiar over the past five…
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