Following the departure of two members of CQC's Executive Team in 2022, we've been thinking about how we can best support the organisation as we continue to deliver on our extensive transformation agenda.
In order to do this we will be making the following changes to our executive team:
Deputy Chief Executive
We have reviewed the Chief Operating Officer role and the job title will now be Deputy Chief Executive. This better reflects the duties and responsibilities of the role, which include the transformation programme, culture change and Quality Improvement across the organisation. This interim position will continue to be held by Kate Terroni.
Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care
As Kate Terroni focuses more fully on her role as Deputy Chief Executive, we need to make sure that Adult Social Care and integrated care is given the right level of attention and expertise at a senior level. Therefore, we will be recruiting a new Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care.
Chief Inspector of Health care
This role will merge the previous roles of Chief Inspector of Hospitals and Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Sean O’ Kelly will continue in this position. This reflects the wider changes we’re seeing in how health and social care is delivered, particularly across primary and secondary care. However, we know it is vital that we continue to ensure that the voices of people using services and those working in primary medical services continue to be heard well, so Sean will be supported by his senior leadership team to do this.
Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive at CQC said;
"I'm confident that by making these changes, CQC will have the right mix of skills, roles and expertise in place at the most senior level. This will enable us to deliver the next phase of our transformation programme, so that together we can ensure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, high quality care."