The Nursing Team - CQC

The following has been taken from CQC's website:

We’re the independent regulator of health and social care in England.

Our purpose: We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.

Our role

• We register care providers.
• We monitor, inspect and rate services.
• We take action to protect people who use services.
• We speak with our independent voice, publishing our views on major quality issues in health and social care.

The CQC website is  https://cqc.org.uk/ where you can find information and advise about all aspects of Health and Social Care. 

Please see below for information you may find useful:

• CQC Mythbuster Updates

• CQC and CAS alerts
• CQC Challenging the CQC
• CQC Infection Control
• CQC Inspection Managers across Wessex
• CQC Interview Questions for "Registered Managers"
• CQC Podcasts
• CQC Pre-Inspection Supportive Information
• CQC Presentation
• CQC Provider Group Registration
• CQC Provider Information Collection (PIC)
• CQC Schedule for Partnership Agreements
• CQC Statement of Purpose
• Health and Safety
• Infection Control in General Practice
• Nigel's Surgery: Full list of tips and mythbusters by issue number
• Nigel's surgery 2: Who should have a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check?
• Nigel's surgery 3: Significant event analysis (SEA)
• Nigel's surgery 17: Vaccine storage and fridges in GP practices (Cold Chain) 
• Nigel's surgery 37: Immunisation of healthcare staff