Improving how we work

We're working to improve the way we work, particularly following reviews by Dr Penny Dash and Professor Sir Mike Richards. Here we share news and updates about this work, as well as opportunities to get involved.

Latest news

Independent review of our technology

We know that technology failures have impacted significantly on our ability to be an effective regulator. Our Chief Executive Julian Hartley has commissioned an independent review to look specifically at our technology.

17 December 2024

Find out about the technology review

Taking urgent action to increase the number of our assessments

We're making some urgent improvements to our assessment approach that will enable us to complete more and better quality assessments.

27 November 2024

Read about the changes to our assessments

Our priorities for improvement

We're working to rapidly improve 5 key areas: strengthening our leadership, having the right expertise, reviewing our assessment framework, updating our approach to relationship management and delivering improved tools for providers.

13 November 2024

Find out more about the 5 areas

Inspection report publishing

We are experiencing some technical issues with assessment reports. These are resulting in delays to final reports appearing on our website and delays in sharing draft reports with providers to check factual accuracy.

13 November 2024

Find out what we're doing to address problems with our report publishing

Working with you

We can only deliver effective regulation by developing our improvements in equal partnership with people who use services, health and social care providers and stakeholders. Find out about engagement we've carried out and opportunities to get involved in our improvement work. 

13 November 2024

Find out about opportunities to get involved

Our plan for improving how we work

We have been developing a plan using feedback from the public, providers and our colleagues alongside the recommendations from reviews by Dr Penny Dash and Professor Sir Mike Richards.

13 November 2024

Read about how we're developing our plan