CQC Consultations

LCA Autumn Seminar

22 November 2011

Current Consultations

Where to find the detailsConsultations page on the website

www.cqc.org.uk/organisations-we-regulate/get-involved/take-part-consultation

Regulatory Fees SchemeConsultation runs until Wednesday 28 December 2011

Judgement Framework and Enforcement PolicyConsultation runs until Friday 9 December 2011

Regulatory fees scheme consultation

• The fees CQC proposes to charge providers of health and adult social care services from 1 April 2012.

• These fees will cover the work to register providers and

monitor compliance with the essential standards

• The proposals adjust and extend the current fees scheme. There will be a further consultation next year as part of a long-term review of the fees scheme

• This consultation also asks for responses to ideas about the topics that need to be considered as part of the longer term fees policy.

The main fee proposals

The three main proposals for this consultation are to:

• Extend the scheme to include providers of primary care OOH services entering the registration system from 1 April 2012.

• Reduce the fees in the middle bandings for providers of

dental and independent ambulance services.

• Reduce the fee in the lowest level banding for providers of adult social care services without accommodation.

We have listened to challenges to our regulatory model

We seek to strengthen and simplify our regulatory model to improve how we inspect and take action

Our approach will continue to be outcome-focused, responsive and risk-based but in addition we want to:

inspect most providers more often

focus our inspections on the relevant standards

take swift regulatory action to tackle non-compliance

Consultation on our proposals began in September

Refining our regulatory model

Principles ofinspection

New approach to inspection

Timely

At least once a year or once every two years depending on the provider

Focused

Inspections will focus on outcomes that are important

to people using services

Flexible

We can use different types of inspection to respond to concerns

Unannounced

We do not notify providers before we carry-out inspections

Consultation

Judgement Framework and Enforcement Policy

• Providers of services continue to be responsible for ensuring that their services meet essential standards

• Providers will be either compliant or non-compliant

• Non-compliance means that providers are failing to meet one or more of the essential standards

• The action we take will match the level of impact (minor, moderate or major impact on people using the service)

• Regulatory action and Enforcement action – what’s the difference?

Discussion / Questions