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Date 10/02/2025
Care Quality Commission Inspection of Devon County Council
Today (10 February 2025) we received notification that Devon County Council will be the subject of a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of the delivery of its adult social care duties as set out in Part 1 of the Care Act 2014.
This inspection is part of a new national inspection programme introduced through the Health and Care Act 2022 that has given new powers to the CQC to inspect adult social care, similar to the Ofsted inspection regime of Children's Services.
Local authorities will be inspected across the four themes below, and will receive a single word judgement as an outcome of the inspection:
- Working with people
- Providing support
- How the local authority ensures safety within the system
- Leadership
Some care providers will have been involved in our preparations for CQC inspection to date, including through the LGA Peer Challenge in July 2023.
Next steps
The process from today is that we have a three-week period to submit an Information Return to the CQC. Once this has been completed, we will then receive a further notification of when the CQC plans to visit Devon.
It could be up to six months from receiving today’s notification before the CQC are with us.
When inspectors are with us they will prescribe a programme of activity that will likely involve meeting with our partners and independent care providers, including those we commission, and those who deliver services and duties on our behalf.
I will continue to provide updates as we progress through the inspection process including any request for your contribution.
All of our CQC inspection related documentation will be published on our dedicated webpages.
Thank you for your on-going support and engagement
Tandra Forster
Director of Integrated Adult Social Care
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