In December 2023, CQC commissioned Ipsos to undertake an evaluation of splitting the previous role of inspector into the 2 new separate roles of assessor and inspector.

Today we publish the terms of reference for the second phase of the review looking at CQC's assessment framework and its implementation.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report following an unannounced inspection of community health inpatient services at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, in June. The inspection was ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has raised the rating for urgent and emergency services at Milton Keynes University Hospital from requires improvement to good following an inspection in April. The ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust they must make improvements at their forensic inpatient and secure wards following a Care Quality ...

CQC takes action to protect people at Norfolk care home The Care Quality Commission (CQC) dropped the rating for Ashill Lodge Care Home in Norfolk from requires improvement to inadequate, and placed ...

The Seabank House, in Wallasey, Merseyside, has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and placed in special measures to protect people, following an inspection carried out in May.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Bristol Royal Infirmary, part of University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, to make improvements following an inspection in June. The ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a report following an unannounced inspection of surgery services at Northampton General Hospital, run by Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, in ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found sufficient improvements at The Firs Residential Care Home in Tower Road, Little Downham and has upgraded their overall rating from inadequate to good. The ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Bay House in Buckinghamshire to make immediate improvements and kept it in special measures to protect the safety and welfare of people living there. The ...

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