 Safe data, safe care
We have published a report of our review looking at whether personal health and care information is being used safely and is appropriately protected in the NHS. We found there was evident widespread commitment to data security, but staff faced significant challenges in translating their commitment into reliable practice. Read more
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Learning from serious
incidents in NHS acute hospitals
We
have published a briefing about the need for change in the way serious incidents are investigated and managed in the NHS. The
briefing summarises our findings and calls for all organisations to work together across the system
to align expectations and create the right environment for open reporting,
learning and improvement. Read more
Findings will be fed into our review of how NHS trusts investigate and learn from deaths. More about this review can be found here.
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Not seen, not heard
Our review looks at how effectively health services provide
early help to children in need, how they identify and protect children at risk
of harm and looked-after children’s health and wellbeing. It reports on the
findings from 50 local authority area inspections across England, as well as
focus groups.
On our website, you can find the findings and recommendations as well as our video about Brook
– a fictionalised character, whose story is based on what children and young
people have told us about their experiences of care.
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Building bridges, breaking barriers
Our review looks at how well care for older people is
integrated across health and social care, as well as the impact on older people
who use services and their families and carers.
The report looks to improve our understanding of how services
work together to meet the needs of older people. Read the findings and recommendations on our website.
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Improvements needed in identifying and
managing clinical risks in newborn babies
We have published the
report of our thematic review looking at how risks for newborn babies are
identified and managed, and at community care for infants who need respiratory
support.
Read more
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Other news
Annual report and accounts 2015/16
We have published our latest annual report and accounts, which sets out what we have achieved in 2015/16 and the further work that lies ahead to help people get the safe, high-quality and compassionate care they deserve. Read more
CQC is supporting new care models
We have published
our ‘statement of intent’, explaining how we will support providers to
continue to be innovative and break down barriers between services. Our approach is designed to ensure regulation
is not an unnecessary barrier to innovation, but continues to protect people
and supports those who want to provide effective and creative solutions to
meeting people’s needs. Read more
Your feedback: CQC’s
impact and value for money
The first report on CQC’s impact and value for money will publish in October
2016. We would like to hear your views on some early findings of our assessment
of CQC’s impact and value for money. To provide your feedback, please complete
the webform
on our provider online community by Friday 29 July.
Accessible Information Standard – deadline 31 July
The Accessible Information Standard aims to make sure people
with a disability or sensory loss get information they can access and
understand, and any communication support that they need. From 31 July 2016 all
organisations providing NHS or adult social care must follow the Standard in
full. NHS England provides more information online here.
Calling all NHS trusts: are you using our quality
framework?
We are conducting a short survey of NHS trusts to find out
if they are currently using CQC's quality framework as part of their own quality
monitoring. The survey will take less than five minutes to complete and is
available here.
We want to understand what NHS trusts are currently doing to
inform our work to deliver a single shared view of quality – one of our four strategic
priorities for the next five years.
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