CQC – Window safety

Falls from windows often result in serious or fatal injuries, but this harm is avoidable. The CQC want to ensure that providers are keeping people under their care safe. CQC have been alerted to an incident where a care home resident deliberately attempted to bypass a...

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...

New CQC Provider Portal Available from the 11th of March

All providers registered with CQC will be able to create an account on the new provider portal from the 11th of March. CQC had previously advised that the new portal would be available from 27th February but to ensure the best user experience the launch has been moved...

Do you need NHSmail for your CQC registered service?

NHSmail is available for free for all CQC registered care providers in England, who have met at least ‘approaching standards’ on the Data Security and Protection Toolkit. There are many reasons that providers should have NHSmail email addresses: 1 – It is the email...

Feedback required for your CQC inspections

With the new CQC assessment framework now launched in the South, it is time to start gathering the evidence required for your inspections.  Our partner, Ridouts, wrote an interesting article recently which touched on just this topic, an excerpt can be read below on...