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How to manage Ardens searches – by CQC Chris

Ardens searches

Are you feeling a bit anxious about the new whole patient population audit? Let me tell you what practices can do to mitigate and manage the CQC’s new detailed inspection approach. Since 2022, the CQC have been auditing whole patient populations using Ardens search tools which can find any and all patients who are potentially ‘at risk of…

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Are you safeguarding compliant? – By CQC Chris

CQC Chris

We all know just how important safeguarding is, yet it seems to be a subject often surrounded by confusion. Many questions are asked about what GP practices are required to do, in order to demonstrate that they’re complying with CQC regulations. Here are eight essentials that will help you become and remain compliant. Safeguarding policy …

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Challenging the CQC – by CQC Chris

CQC

The CQC is due to implement their new assessment framework, complete with six new evidence categories. These six categories are used for each individual Quality Statement (QS). All services will then be able to see exactly what they’ve scored out of 100% within each of the QSs. This is excellent news because it makes the whole…

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The impact of quality statements – Is there one? By CQC Chris

The impact of quality statements – is there one

You will have seen previous blogs and posts in the forum advising that the CQC are exchanging 150 key lines of enquiry (KLOEs) for 34 Quality Statements (QSs). This is obviously frustrating for all those Practice Managers who have just finished memorising the 150 KLOEs and aligning evidence to them all! But what does this actually…

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All change for CQC – By CQC Chris

There’s more change coming and it’s not necessarily all good! Here’s an overview of what’s potentially going to happen this year. More than a quarter of inspectors are being changed to ‘assessors’ in early 2023. These new, purely home-based, regulatory spies will be responsible for carrying out assessments without announcement, which could change ratings without…

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Focus on key question – Safe (By CQC Chris)

March 30, 2023, by in Compliance, CQC 0 Comments

Close-up Of A Human Hand Protecting Red Human Figures On White Background

This month, the focus is on the most important key question that connects every single GP service that has ever been rated ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’. It is of course the Safe key question. Why is this the most important? Not only does it link to Regulation 12, which covers safe care and treatment, but…

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CQC changes remain firmly on the horizon – By CQC Chris

January 26, 2023, by in CQC, GP Practice Management 0 Comments

Time for change

It seems we’ve all faced delays of some sort recently – be it delays with our mail or widespread travel disruption – and the CQC are no different. Just before Christmas, they announced delays to all the planned changes for 2023. The revised plan suggests that the changes will now be implemented towards the end of 2023.…

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