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CQC standards

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

In April of 2010 the Care Quality Commission or CQC introduced new regulations used to govern businesses that provide care to the elderly in their own home, as well as for care homes.
The regulations are essentially there to ensure standards of quality and safety and for each regulation, there is an associated outcome, and as the CQC [...]

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Care Quality Commission (CQC) – Formerly Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)

April 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) has been changed to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as of 1 April 2009. The CQC is an amalgamation of the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection
The CQC is now the independent regulator of all health and adult social care [...]

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