Update

Our monthly update for providers and professionals working in primary medical and dental services

September 2019

CQC's regulatory sandbox Round two of CQC's regulatory sandbox is now open for applications.  Supported by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) through its Regulators’ Pioneer Fund, the sandbox is a space where providers and innovators can help shape CQC's approach to regulating innovation. Round 2 is looking at the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in diagnostic and screening services. If you're a provider working in this area or an innovator developing work in this area we'd like you to join this phase of our sandbox work. For more information on this work and how to get involved check out our website.

Nigel's Surgery: Updated mythbusters

This month we have two updates to Nigel's surgery:

• Nigel's surgery 96: Covert administration of medicines considers when this might be appropriate and what safeguards must be in place
• Nigel's surgery 53: Care of people with a learning disability in GP practices is a full revision with up-to-date advice and materials

John Milne's latest Mythbusters for dentists

• Dental mythbuster 28: Safeguarding adults at risk
• Dental mythbuster 29: Safeguarding children and young people at risk

Declare Your Care Declare Your Care is a year-long campaign encouraging people to share their experiences of care - good or bad - in order to support CQC's monitoring, inspecting and rating of services.  We are currently focusing on children and young people, as we know they do not raise concerns about their care for fear of being seen as a troublemaker, or they don't think it'll make a difference.  Visit our website to find out more, where you can also download posters and other resources to support the campaign.

News from CQC

• Please complete this short survey to feedback on the impact of cancelled or rescheduled inspections.
• Read more on how CQC is working with other regulators on online primary care
• We have updated our advice about the things people might need to consider when thinking about using an online healthcare service.
• Read our Chief Executive Officer's blog to mark World Patient Safety Day
• We're inviting Health and Wellbeing Boards in England to tell us whether their local system to support children and young people with mental health problems matches the recommendations made in our Are we listening? report.
• We have updated our memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) around the inspection and monitoring of independent termination of pregnancy services.

News from the sector

• The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued information on the known increased risk of breast cancer with HRT and its persistence after stopping

• Dr Nikki Kanani appointed as England’s top family doctor

• September's edition of The Doctor
• Work to recognise GPs as specialists

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