State of Care is the annual health and social care assessment in England, reporting on industry trends, examples of good and outstanding care, and where care needs improvement. The comprehensive audit looks at everything from the workforce to the quality of care within the industry. In this blog, we’ll be looking at how you can…
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Care Quality Commission (CQC) on-site visits play a big part in the final result of your care home rating. Visits will either be scheduled or responsive. Types of CQC inspections Four different types of inspections carried out by the CQC: Comprehensive inspections Focused inspections Targeted inspections Combined inspections Focused Inspections – What are they? Whilst comprehensive inspections…
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Anyone working in health and social care for more than a few years is aware that we keep changing, developing and moving the goal posts in response to what we learn or to ever-evolving circumstances. However, the CQC’s fundamental standards, key lines of enquiry and methodology had settled down and has been feeling familiar over the past five…
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