Care Quality Commission
WEBCQC reports on safe use of radiation in healthcare settings. 26 September 2024. CQC’s annual report on our work to enforce the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations in England in 2023/24 has been published.
The fundamental standards - Care Quality Commission
WEBApr 4, 2024 · Dignity and respect. You must be treated with dignity and respect at all times while you're receiving care and treatment. This includes making sure: You have privacy when you need and want it. Everybody is treated as equals. You're given any support you need to help you remain independent and involved in your local community.
About us - Care Quality Commission
WEBCQC is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor, inspect and regulate services and publish what we find. Where we find poor care, we will use our ...
Single assessment framework - Care Quality Commission
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Key questions and quality statements. Our assessment framework is made up of 5 key questions and, under each key question, a set of quality statements. Our 5 key questions are the things we ask of all health and social care services. We ask if …
Assessment - Care Quality Commission
WEBJul 23, 2024 · 21 May 2024. Minor changes across 'How we assess quality and performance' section. These consist of: editorial changes to improve clarity. updating references to timescales or milestones that have passed. removing references to local authority or integrated care system assessments, which are now covered by separate guidance. 1 May 2024.
Guidance and regulation - Care Quality Commission
WEBConnect with us. There are plenty of ways to get involved or get our latest updates: subscribe to our monthly bulletins. follow us on social media: LinkedIn | X (formerly Twitter) join our WhatsApp channel. watch our webinars and guidance explainers on YouTube. join the conversation on our online community of providers and professionals.
Regulations for service providers and managers
WEBJun 27, 2024 · Regulation 4: Requirements where the service provider is an individual or partnership. Regulation 5: Fit and proper persons: directors. Regulation 6: Requirement where the service provider is a body other than a partnership. Regulation 7: Requirements relating to registered managers. Regulation 8: General.
Assessing quality and performance - Care Quality Commission
WEBOur new assessment framework retains our 5 key questions and the 4-point ratings scale. We will assess services against quality statements. These have replaced our key lines of enquiry (KLOEs), prompts and ratings characteristics. We will gather evidence both on site and off site to make an assessment. The types of evidence we will consider are ...
Levels of ratings - Care Quality Commission
WEBMay 21, 2024 · Read our guidance for non-rated services. The levels we rate are: Level 1: A rating for every key question at service level. For example, a rating for how safe a care home is or how effective the surgery service at a hospital is. Level 2: An aggregated overall rating for the service. For example, the rating for a care home or the surgery ...
A new strategy for the changing world of health and social care
WEBNov 22, 2023 · We’re changing how we regulate to improve care for everyone. Our new strategy strengthens our commitment to deliver our purpose: to ensure health and care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and to encourage those services to improve.