The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has welcomed 2 important reviews that will help to set the future direction for CQC: the final report of Dr Penny Dash’s review and the first report of the ...

This review has been commissioned by the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to complement the report by Dr Penny Dash, by looking at changes that CQC made following the publication of its new ...

2.1 A fundamental reset of the organisation is needed. This needs to be akin to the reset in 2012/13, following the problems related to the regulator that were revealed by the report of the public ...

Winsford Grange Care Home, in Winsford, Cheshire West, has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), following an inspection carried out in July.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Lymington Urgent Treatment Centre in the New Forest as outstanding, following an inspection in July.

10,356 inspections were undertaken in 2022/23 and 10,306 in 2021/22. This compares with more than 16,000 in 2019/20. Only around 7,000 assessments and inspections were carried out in 2023/24 and only ...

Full assessment of the regulatory platform is beyond the scope of this review. However, the problems related to the regulatory platform are having a significant adverse impact on both CQC inspection ...

It is important to note that over a period of 3 years between 2013/14 and 2016/17, all acute hospitals, mental health services, community services, ambulance services, primary medical services and ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken action to protect people at Sandrock Nursing Home in Birkenhead, following an inspection in April that sees it rated as inadequate and placed into special ...

This report complements that undertaken by Dr Penny Dash. My overall findings are entirely in line with hers, so will not be repeated here in full. However, these include that: CQC will never be able ...

The evidence CQC uses in assessments relies on data from both on-site activity and reviewing information published by external sources. It is important to recognise that the data CQC receives are ...

Regulation 9: Person centred care – Care and treatment must be appropriate, meet their needs and reflect their preferences. Regulation 10: Dignity and respect ...