The Care Quality Commission has fined Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust £16,250 for failing to comply with the Duty of Candour, in relation to incidents involving medication errors, delays in diagnosis and missed opportunities to investigate a patient’s deteriorating condition. CQC…
The CQC recently implemented an updated version of its factual accuracy check (‘FAC’) guidance, as part of its improvement of the factual accuracy process. It follows a consultation run by the CQC last year and deals with the process whereby providers can challenge areas…
Over a period of three months between October 2018 and January 2019 the CQC dental inspectors attended 100 routine planned inspections with adult social care teams. They spoke with staff, residents and their relatives to assess the management of oral…
The recently reported judgment of Button Space Limited v CQC [2019] UKUT 134 (AAC) concerns the approach to be adopted by the First tier Tribunal (‘F-tT’) should take when considering an appeal from an Order of the Magistrates Court to…
The CQC brought a prosecution following the death of an 83 year old woman who was found trapped between her bed and bed rails at Gretton Court Care in December 2016. A post-mortem confirmed that death was caused by a…
The CQC’s report ‘Medicines in Health and Adult Social Care’ (6 June 2019), details learning from their regulatory activity in relation to medicines management. The purpose of the report is to encourage improvement across the sector by sharing common themes…
The CQC recently published interim findings about the segregation in mental health wards of young people and people with a learning disability or autism. The report focuses on the care provided to 39 individuals, 16 of whom had been in…
The terms of reference for the two independent inquiries into the CQC’s regulation of Whorlton Hall are published on the CQC website. David Noble QSO is commissioned to undertake an independent review into how it dealt with concerns raised by Barry…
Following the death of 19-year old Mr Jamie Osborne on 12 February 2016, who was on remand at HMP Lewes, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) prosecuted Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (Sussex Partnership) in circumstances which the CQC reported as…
When CQC is proposing to take civil enforcement action without following an urgent process, then they will serve a Notice of Proposal on the registered provider. This notifies the provider of the action that the CQC is proposing. Commonly this is…
