We are carrying out a consultation to get your feedback on the plans we have developed to help ensure that people receive high-quality care.
About the consultation
Our role is to make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and to encourage care services to make improvements.
This consultation is the next step towards making the changes needed to deliver our purpose.
It asks for your feedback on our plans to:
- inspect all care services, NHS trusts and foundation trusts and independent acute hospitals.
- develop clear standards of care that health and social care services must meet.
- make better use of information and evidence we receive to decide when, where and what to expect.
- introduce Chief Inspectors to lead national teams of expert inspectors which will include people who receive care, clinical experts and others.
- develop a ratings system to help people choose between services and to encourage services to make improvements.
- make sure that directors or leaders of organisations have made legal commitments to provide safe and high-quality care, and are personally held to account for it.
Download the documents
Full details on our plans are detailed in the consultation documents below.
Get involved
You can send us feedback online, by email or by post before Monday, 12 August 2013.
Online
Send us your feedback by completing our webform.
By email
Email your answers to cqcinspectionchanges@cqc.org.uk
By post
Write to us at:
CQC Inspection Changes
CQC National Customer Service Centre
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4PA
Contact us if you would like to receive a summary of the consultation document in another language or alternative format.
Find out more
Visit Consultation on changes to the way we inspect, regulate and monitor care services for more information.
Read the press release:
CQC launches consultation on the future of inspection and regulation