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In a new blog Jemima Burnage, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Lead for Mental Health, reflects on the findings of the 2020/21 Monitoring the Mental Health Act report. — This year’s Monitoring the Mental Health Act (MHA) report makes sobering reading and is another stark reminder of the unprecedented pressure that the pandemic has placed on all health and social care services, the staff working in them and the people who rely upon them. Despite these challenges, staff’s commitment…

In this blog Debbie Ivanova, Deputy Chief Inspector — People with a learning disability and autistic people, and Jemima Burnage, Deputy Chief Inspector and Mental Health Lead, update on the progress since CQC’s Out of Sight report published last year detailed in a new report. It’s been just over a…

In this blog, Rosie Benneyworth, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care, and Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, set out how they hope to use new powers in the Health and Care Bill to look at how the care provided in a local system is…

Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Lead for Mental Health, Jemima Burnage, reflects on the importance of World Mental Health Day and raising awareness of mental health inequalities. The 10th of October marks the 29th annual World Mental Health Day, first recognised in 1992, and it is now celebrated worldwide…

Debbie Ivanova (Deputy Chief Inspector - People with a learning disability and autistic people), updates on how we are working to transform the way we regulate services for people with a learning disability and autistic people. Since my last blog, it has been encouraging to see some positive developments in…

Dr Rosie Benneyworth discusses the findings from the most recent provider collaboration reviews focused on urgent and emergency care and cancer. She also talks about what’s next for the programme and how any learning will feed into our new strategy. Our programme of provider collaboration reviews (PCRs) is aiming to…

Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive, talks about CQC’s new strategy. This is the product of almost eighteen months of engagement and development work and sets out how CQC will change for the future. Our purpose and our role as a regulator won’t change — but how we work will be different. …

Using Care Quality Commission (CQC) Ratings Think the best way to evaluate a health service’s care quality is by experiencing it firsthand? No need for that! There’s actually an easier way: letting the CQC do it for you. All health and social care services in England are required to undergo…

Debbie Ivanova, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, updates on how we are working to transform the way we regulate services for people with a learning disability and autistic people. We are transforming the way we regulate services for people with a learning disability and autistic people at CQC…