 GP inspections – what you need to know before we visit
As highlighted in last month’s bulletin, you can find all the information you need to know before an inspection on our website here. This includes an example of the letter sent before we inspect, and the presentation we ask you to give at the beginning of an inspection.
It also includes the key questions our inspectors focus on, and what makes a practice Good or Outstanding.
Dental inspections – guidance
We also have all the information you need to know about our dental inspections on our website here.
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Nigel’s surgery - tips and mythbusters for GPs
This month
Senior National GP Advisor Professor Nigel Sparrow's tips and
mythbusters include our process for ensuring inspection reports are
factually accurate.
Tips and mythbusters for dental practices
Our dental tips and mythbusters this month focus on audits and business continuity.
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My diabetes, my care: Community diabetes care review
At the beginning of this month we published a report exploring the quality of care for people with diabetes in England. My diabetes, my care highlights that despite a mostly good picture of care, the provision of care and support to help people successfully self-manage their condition is not always flexible and responsive enough to meet individual needs.
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 Confidential personal information
Following a public consultation earlier this year, we have published an updated version of our code of practice on confidential personal information. The code of practice explains how we sometimes need to use our statutory powers to look at people’s information during inspections and provides assurance that the information will be handled safely.
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Other news
Services
must do more to protect children and young people from possible sexual
exploitation
Joint
inspections between CQC, Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM
Inspectorate of Constabulary have found that public services need to better
recognise and act on their safeguarding responsibilities regarding possible child sexual exploitation. Read more.
Dental operational protocol
As mentioned in our Deputy Chief Inspector’s column, earlier this month we began piloting a new dental operational protocol which has been developed by CQC, NHS England, the General Dental Council, and with the support of the NHS Business Services Authority. The protocol outlines key contacts in each organisation, and when and how CQC, NHS England and GDC will share information.
CQC Next Phase development
We are continuing to develop how we will approach our next phase of inspections next year. Over the last month we held a GP and dental co-production group which brought together people who use services, providers and other stakeholders to help inform those developments, particularly around the key lines of enquiry we use on inspections. We will update everyone on next steps with our developments later this year.
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