When you receive communication telling you that your practice is in line for a CQC inspection, it’s understandable that your heart might sink and panic set in. After all, how will you find the time to replace those fabric curtains in your surgery with paper ones? And what will you replace your carpets with given…
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CQC inspections: learning from the best
April 30, 2015, by Practice Index in CQC
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The Care Quality Commission has published another batch of reports on the quality of care provided by GP practices that have been inspected under its new approach. Always interesting reading, the reports provide practice managers with plenty of insight regarding what’s working well at practices – and what’s not so good of course! Practice Index…
Helping practice managers through the CQC inspection ordeal
March 5, 2015, by Practice Index in CQC
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When the CQC calls to tell you that you’re up for inspection, it triggers one of the most nerve-racking experiences practice managers will ever go through. In this blog Practice Index has spoken to practice managers who have endured the pain – and survived – the pressures of being inspected, to provide an insight into…
Aim high with your CQC inspection
February 27, 2015, by Practice Index in CQC
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With GP practices now rated as Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement or Inadequate following CQC inspections – and having to publicly display their rating from April – the pressure on achieving top marks is arguably greater than ever. So what is the CQC looking for during inspections and how can practices ensure they score highly? The…
New CQC Results In: 86% of Practices Rated Good or Outstanding
January 8, 2015, by Practice Index in CQC
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The CQC revealed on Thursday (8th January) that of around 50 practices inspected under the new inspection process launched in October 2014, seven currently ‘require improvement.’ One was deemed ‘outstanding’ by the regulator, and the rest were rated ‘good.’ The number of surgeries requiring improvement therefore totals around 14% or one in seven, compared to…
GPs ‘tarnished by incompetence’ of CQC inspection flaws
December 11, 2014, by Practice Index in CQC, News
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A BBC health watchdog investigation has uncovered ‘serious errors’ in the methodology and testing of calculations made by the Care Quality Commission in recent GP practice inspections. The results of these inspections were published a fortnight ago. The BMA is now calling for the entire banding system to be withdrawn, whilst the CQC is currently…
CQC Inspections: Coming Soon to a GP Practice Near You
October 15, 2014, by Practice Index in CQC, News
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Is your practice safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led? These are the key issues brand new CQC visits intend to reveal when their ‘new and improved’ inspections start this month. Yes, the CQC’s new inspection scheme is now live, and the body has pledged to inspect some 778 practices and out-of-hours services by the…
May 14, 2015, by Practice Index in CQC
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