Event healthcare providers must now register with CQC
Registration applications opened on 7 September 2026 and must reach CQC in time for assessment by 6 December 2027, under an SI built on the Manchester Arena Inquiry.
Quality statements are going: what replaces CQC scoring
Quality statements go, key lines of enquiry return and numerical scoring below key question level disappears, across four sector-specific frameworks.
Read the draft CQC framework before it becomes final
Draft version 9 of the adult social care framework is public, and it is the clearest signal yet of what CQC will ask you to evidence.
CQC wants 9,000 assessments done by the end of this month
CQC is pushing for 9,000 assessments by the end of September 2026 while rewriting its frameworks, so expect contact before the new rules land.
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