Our new local authority assessments allow us to provide independent assurance to people of their quality of care in their area. We are assessing how local authorities meet their duties under Part 1 of ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has dropped the rating for Elmcroft Care Home from requires improvement to inadequate and placed the home into special measures to protect people, following an ...

The resources sit alongside a new report, which presents the findings from our recent national maternity inspection programme. The report highlights common issues impacting on the quality and safety ...

Action needed now to prevent harm in maternity services becoming ‘normalised’ A programme of inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found continued concerns about the quality of NHS ...

Our national review of maternity services in England, 2022 to 2024. The quality and safety of maternity services have remained under scrutiny in recent years. While a series of high-profile ...

How are risk assessments used to support the care of women and babies with equality characteristics? How are the preferences and choices, including religious and cultural preferences, of those who use ...

What we look at when we inspect and monitor your service (key questions and KLOEs) and the requirements set out by government regulations.

This section provides information about our role and the legal responsibilities of healthcare providers that handle controlled drugs. View our latest report on the safer use of controlled drugs which ...

Most of our assessment reports include an overall rating. You can use these to help compare services and make choices about care. In addition, we give a rating for each of our 5 key questions. We also ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated VHK Women’s Health Clinic in Bromsgrove, as outstanding following its latest inspection in June and July. VHK Women’s Health Clinic is a medical clinic ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated the acute wards for working age adults and psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust requires ...

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