CQC Consultation - assessing quality in 2010-11 and beyond
You may be aware that the CQC is currently running a consultation that looks at their proposals for assessing quality in 2010-11 and beyond. The Care Quality Commission will use many methods and tools to achieve its aim of ‘making care better for people’, including carrying out a programme of assessments of quality.
Their assessments of quality include their powers under the Health and Social Care Act to carry out periodic reviews, special reviews and studies and to publish information and reports about our findings.
For both commissioners and providers they will provide publicly available information for individuals using or choosing care services and for organisations delivering or commissioning those services.
This consultation details how they propose to assess the quality of:
- Councils as commissioners
- PCTs as commissioners
- NHS trusts and PCTs as providers
- Adult social care organisations as providers
It also outlines plans for how we will report our findings and the special reviews we propose to carry out in 2010/11. For more information about this consultation please follow the link below:
http://www.cqc.org.uk/getinvolved/consultations/assessmentsofquality.cfm
