CQC inspection process may be ‘disproportionate’, finds Government review
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection process may be ‘disproportionate’, a Government survey found, although the incredibly low response rate hampered conclusions.
All 51,000 providers registered with the CQC were given access to a survey as part of a post implementation review but only 86 responded and only 36 of those were NHS providers.
Most NHS responses to the survey came from organisations employing between 10 and 49 people, the review found.
The lack of engagement with the survey meant no conclusion could be reached about whether an alternative system would impose less regulation of the health and social care sector.
Criticisms among those who did respond included that the registration process is too inflexible, and the regulations too onerous and burdensome.
Some also felt the CQC regulations do not cover all health and social care activities where there is a possible risk to patient safety or service users.
Source: Pulse, 13 July 2023