A Guide to What Happens After Your CQC Registration Application is Submitted Submitting your CQC registration application is an important milestone, but it is not the end of the registration process. Once an application has been submitted, CQC needs to establish whether the proposed provider, registered manager and service can meet the relevant regulatory requirements.…
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A Guide to Preparing for CQC Registration Applying for CQC registration is one of the most important stages in setting up a regulated care service. It can also be one of the easiest stages to underestimate. The application itself is only part of the process. Before submitting anything, providers need to be clear about what…
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Why Care Group Governance Must Develop as Organisations Grow Growth can be a positive sign for a care organisation. New services, acquisitions and increasing capacity can create opportunities to reach more people, strengthen the business and develop larger, more capable teams. But growth also changes the way an organisation needs to be governed. Systems that…
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Why Care Service Resilience Matters Even When Performance Is Strong A care service can be performing well, receiving positive feedback and maintaining a good regulatory record, yet still have vulnerabilities developing beneath the surface. Strong performance today does not automatically mean a service is resilient enough for tomorrow. This is particularly important in adult social…
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How Historic CQC Ratings Can Affect Care Providers For providers still carrying a historic Requires Improvement rating, the gap between the published rating and the service being delivered today can be particularly difficult. A care service can change significantly in three years. Leadership can change. Staffing can stabilise. Governance can improve. Historic compliance concerns can…
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Care Governance at Scale: Why Oversight Becomes More Complex Governance becomes a very different challenge when a provider operates a large portfolio of care services. At one location, senior leaders may have detailed knowledge of almost every operational issue. Across 50 locations, that is impossible. The purpose of governance at scale is therefore not to…
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What Emily Miles’ appointment means for CQC and, more to the point, for you Katherine Williams, Head of Regulation and Care Compliance at Fulcrum Care, shares her expert perspective on the appointment of Emily Miles as CQC’s new Chief Executive and what it could mean for adult social care providers. If you have worked in…
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The AGNI judgment has changed the way deprivation of liberty is understood, but it has not removed the need for strong records, clear decision-making or good governance. The Department of Health and Social Care has published an official update following the Supreme Court judgment, confirming that the changes apply immediately and extend across the UK.…
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A recent Supreme Court judgment has changed the way deprivation of liberty is understood across the UK. For care providers, registered managers and senior teams, the judgment in A Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, often referred to as the AGNI judgment, is important because it affects how providers, local authorities and professionals…
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Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training has become an important topic for health and social care providers across England. For CQC-registered providers, it is not just another course to add to the training matrix. It reflects a wider expectation that staff understand autism and learning disability, recognise the importance of reasonable adjustments, and can translate that knowledge…
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