Care Quality Commission - essential templates and documents

The Care Quality Commission has issued templates and guidance documents to help you complete your registration successfully.

To save you time in navigating the CQC website to find the right document, the DBG has collated them in this signal webpage to save you time.

• For the full Care Quality Commission compliance guidance document that outlines all of the 28 Outcomes with prompts of how service providers can meet with the requirements of the Outcome:

CQC Essential standards of quality and safety

• "Statement of Purpose" should explain the care that you provide for each regulated activity and whom you provide it for. It helps the CQC to reach judgments about whether your service is meeting the essential standards of quality and safety. Therefore, it should include clear details to give the reader a clear picture about the type of provider you are, the people who use your services and the type of services you provide to them. Any changes made to the statement of purpose needs to be notified to the CQC within 28 days.

Statement of Purpose guidance documents - how to write it
Statement of Purpose template

• What is the service provider

The application distinguishes between three types of provider: organisations; individuals and partnerships. It is important that as a Practice Owners you are clear of the legality of any partnership arrangements you have in place. Dentists in expense sharing partnerships will also need to register as individuals unless it is agreed that one partner can be the single point of contact with the CQC for the whole practice. An applicant should only register as a partnership if it has joint and several liability.

If you are unsure what type of entity you should register as, contact the CQC directly for clarification on 03000 616161 or email them on enquiries@cqc.org.uk or visit their guidance:

• What are the "Regulated Activities" I need to be aware of?

Please be aware that there are different "regulated activities" relating to different parts of the CQC registration.

In regards to CRB checks, the regulated activity that pertains to making a judgment to see if you staff carry out regulated activity, the regulated activity you need to be aware of is:

• Activity involving contact with children or vulnerable adults and is of a specified nature (e.g. teaching, training, care, supervision, advice, medical treatment or in certain circumstances transport) on a frequent, intensive and/or overnight basis;
• Activity involving contact with children or vulnerable adults in a specified place (e.g. schools, care homes etc), frequently or intensively;
• Fostering and childcare;
• Certain specified positions of responsibility (e.g. school governor, director of children's services, director of adult social services, trustees of certain charities).

For more information, please go to the following link: http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/faqs/definitions.aspx#regact

When completing your CQC registration, the regulated activity relating this process is as follows:

• personal care
• accommodation with nursing or personal care
• accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse
• accommodation and nursing or personal care in the further education sector
• treatment of disease, disorder or injury
• assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983
• surgical procedures
• diagnostic and screening procedures
• management of supply of blood and blood-derived products
• transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely
• maternity and midwifery services
• termination of pregnancies
• services in slimming clinics
• nursing care
• family planning services

For primary dental care providers, the relevant regulated activities will be:

• Treatment of disease, disorder and injury
• Surgical procedures *
• Diagnostic procedures

For more information, please go to the following link: http://www.cqc.org.uk/applicationhelp/typeoforganisationandregulatedactivities.cfm

*Please note that tooth extractions will be considered as a surgical procedure.

Judgement Framework

The Judgement Framework explains how the CQC reach a decision by considering evidence about compliance. By using a judgement framework, it will help to identify concerns and assess how serious these are in a consistent way.

• Judgement Framework

Quality Risk and Profile

The QRP is an essential tool used for gathering together key information about your organisation to support how the CQC monitor your compliance with the essential standards of quality and safety. The QRP enables CQC inspectors to assess where risks lie and may prompt front line regulatory activity, such as further enquiries.

• Quality Risk and Profile

Is your practice compliant?

Are you waiting to find out when the Care Quality Commission inspect your practice?

Have you addressed all 28 CQC outcomes ?

Your compliance with Clinical Governance and Patient Outcomes will be questioned with the introduction of the Care Quality Commission*, HTM 01-05 and the increase in PCT practice inspections.

Find out more about the DBG Clinical Governance Package