CQC Provider Portal update

The CQC have provided an update regarding their provider portal. They are continuing to use provider feedback to improve the service and make it a smoother experience. Recent improvements CQC have made some recent improvements to ensure that providers can log into the...

First local authority assessment reports published

The CQC recently published report for their first formal assessments of how local authorities meet their adult social care duties. The CQC are required to deliver the assessments under the Health and Care Act 2022. They are part of their new formal assessment...

Medicines reconciliation

‘Medicines reconciliation’ is the process of accurately listing a resident’s medicines. Following several recent medication errors, please can home managers and clinical leads remind their staff about the importance of ‘medicines reconciliation’ when residents come...

New visiting guidance published – April 2024

Following previous communication relating to the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) fundamental standard on visiting and accompanying (Regulation 9A) which took effect on the 6th of April 2024, the following guidance has also now been produced:   Supporting safer...