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Together with Ofsted we've published details on how we'll inspect services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in a local area from next year.
The new framework has a greater focus on hearing directly from children and young people with SEND and their families. This will allow inspectors to get a better understanding of what it's like to be a child or young person with SEND in that local area.
There will also be stronger accountability through ongoing contact with local areas. This will include inspections and inspection monitoring visits.
 In recent years, several providers have started to offer orthodontic treatment remotely.
This usually involves providing dental aligners, which patients can apply themselves. Over time, the aligners will move teeth to the desired new position. Dentists and Orthodontists have been providing these treatments for many years, with good clinical results.
However, the development of direct-to-consumer orthodontic care has been a challenge to many professional groups and regulators.
The General Dental Council (GDC) has produced some guidance on direct-to-consumer orthodontics to support professional judgement.
Our latest mythbuster clarifies our expectations for providers and those intending to deliver this type of treatment.
 A new resource to support doctors facing racism at work has been launched by the General Medical Council (GMC). The dedicated area brings together current GMC guidance and is focused on supporting those who experience discrimination. It gives advice on how to tackle it, whether personally or as a bystander. It also highlights expectations of employers and medical leaders to foster inclusive cultures, where people feel supported to challenge racism, and signposts to how and where a concern or issue can be raised.
 STOMP (Stopping Over Medication of People with a learning disability, autism or both) and STAMP (Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Medication in Paediatrics) are national projects, launched by NHS England and involving many different organisations, aiming to stop the overuse of psychotropic medicines.
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi), Learning Disability England (LDE) and Skills for Care and funded by Health Education England, have launched a questionnaire to hear from colleagues across the health and care sector, including family carers, about your experiences of using STOMP and STAMP within your job roles and how awareness and understanding of STOMP and STAMP could be improved.
 We've published our annual report on our work to enforce the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations - IR(ME)R - in England. The regulations protect people from the dangers of being accidentally or unintentionally exposed to ionising radiation in a healthcare setting.
This shows that notifications of errors represent a small proportion of the total examinations and treatment undertaken. Although notifications relate to incidents where there is risk of harm, most do not result in harm to patients.
A key source of errors continued to be when images were requested for the wrong patient. We also found that inadequate checks about the patient’s identity or mistakes by the operator were common causes of errors.
 On 5 December 2022, Health Education England (HEE) are holding a webinar to celebrate the Care Certificate, showcasing its role in ensuring high quality care.
Designed with the unregistered workforce in mind, the Care Certificate gives everyone the confidence that health and care professionals have the same introductory skills, knowledge and behaviours to provide compassionate, safe and high-quality care and support.
There's also a host of supporting events throughout the week;
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6 December, Support Worker Voice National Network Event, Care Certificate themed, register here
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8 December, Shared Decision-Making Council: Being Creative with the Application of the Care Certificate, register here
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9 December, Healthcare Support Worker Programme 2022/23: Care Certificate Webinar, register here
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Version 2 of the CQC clinical searches will be available soon. This new version will include the original standard risk-based searches found in Version 1, as well as additional standard searches in the medicines requiring monitoring and medicines usage categories, and some enhanced searches based on national guidance in the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD), long term condition and medicines requiring monitoring categories. The business rules for these searches will be available here shortly. More information can be found on the CQC Ardens website and in CQC Mythbuster 12.
- We've published an update about the Listening, Learning, Responding to Concerns Review, an independent review to identify improvements to how we learn from, respond to, and act on concerns. The update includes details of the members of an independent governance panel that has been established to oversee the work and help to ensure the independence and credibility of the review. Read the update on our website.
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Local Government Association (LGA), and the Met office have published their cold Weather Plan for England. It includes action cards for you with advice on planning and winter preparedness.
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Look out for an email about our Annual Provider Survey which is now live. We've extended the closing date to 4 December 2022. This survey is your chance to share your feedback about CQC - a real opportunity to tell us what you think about our strategy and ambitions for the future. The more survey responses we receive, the better informed we are, and the better able we are to fulfil our purpose.
- A new e-learning session on financial wellbeing has now been added to the All Our Health programme. Developed by Health Education England e-learning for healthcare (HEE elfh), the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the Money and Pensions Service and NHS England and Improvement, the resource is aimed at all health and care professionals to enhance their support for people in poverty or those struggling with their finances.
- Catch up with our latest blogs. Recent topics covered include the Supported Living Improvement Coalition; key messages from our State of Care report; and an introduction to our Regulatory Leadership team.
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We've recently published a report on the experiences of being in hospital for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
The report's a stark reminder that people with a learning disability and autistic people are still not getting the care they need, when they need and shines a light on the impact these failings have on people and their families.
- We want to hear from you in our upcoming Because We All Care campaign activity, to talk about the importance of feedback. We want to know how it helps you understand what’s not working as well as it could – as well as celebrate the great care you’re giving round the clock. If you’d like to get involved and support our campaign either as a written or filmed case study, or quote for use on social media please email Jay.Harman@cqc.org.uk
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