31 July 2025
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is taking steps to rebuild effective and trusted regulation following concerns raised across the health and care sectors. As part of this work, it is…
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1 May 2025
CQC have has been informed of a serious incident where a patient on bisphosphonates sustained bilateral atypical femoral fractures due to inadequate monitoring. In response, a new search has been…
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13 February 2025
If you manage regulated activities at a GP surgery, you must register as a manager. This ensures compliance with regulatory standards and helps maintain high-quality patient care. Who Needs to…
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4 November 2024
Changes to the Registration Process Effective from 18 November, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will no longer accept any registration applications through the provider portal, except for cancellation applications. After…
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23 January 2024
Top tips for a good experience submitting notifications to CQC Providers must notify CQC about certain changes, events and incidents that affect their service or the people who use it.…
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31 August 2023
Requirements for Registered Managers Current requirements and guidance are can be found on the CQC's website. The application form covers the following areas: Introduction Criminal record checks References The application form…
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19 December 2022
Webinar by Nick turner, Practice Support Officer, Lincolnshire LMC
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7 November 2022
The following CQC GP mythbuster has recently been released GP mythbuster 108: Involving and engaging with the patient population and local communities A summary of the mythbuster is below, the…
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12 October 2022
All GP practices in England must ensure their staff receive training in learning disability and autism, including how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people.…
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31 August 2022
Following concerns and some confusion at local level regarding Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration, the following clarification has been provided by CQC: ‘It is important…
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1 June 2022
Ardens Health Informatics Ltd have now released the suite of clinical searches for Practices and CQC inspection teams. Please see the following link for the full article which describes the…
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31 May 2022
The following is an extract of the GP Mythbuster 107: Pre-travel health services. The full article is available here. Travel health services are provided by a range of NHS and independent…
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