 Message from the Chief Inspectors on the death of Dr Cliff Mann OBE All of us at the Care Quality Commission were saddened to hear of the death of former RCEM President Dr Cliff Mann OBE, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family. Cliff was well known and much respected, often seen as the father figure of emergency medicine. He was kind and conscientious. A great and knowledgeable speaker who saw the power of data and the importance of strong communications and helped bring emergency medicine into the spotlight. He was hugely influential and contributed a great deal to the improvement of emergency medicine and patient care. He worked closely with us at CQC as a trusted voice and critical friend, not least through his contribution to our 2018 Under pressure report. Cliff's loss will be felt across health and social care. Colleagues, family and friends are invited to share their memories on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine website. Dr Rosie Benneyworth, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care
Ted Baker, Chief Inspector of Hospitals
| There's still time to respond to CQC's formal strategy consultation This consultation will close at 5pm on 4 March. You can find more information in our recent news story, Ian Trenholm's blog, a series of recorded webinars on our YouTube channel, and in our latest CQC Connect podcast.  We also want to hear your feedback on our proposed changes for flexible regulation. In this document, we're proposing some specific changes that will enable us to deal with ongoing challenges from the pandemic and move us towards our ambition to be a more dynamic, proportionate and flexible regulator. This consultation will close at 5pm on 23 March.  | | Our proposals for more flexible and responsive regulation In his latest blog, Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive of CQC, talks about the specific changes being proposed and what they mean for different sectors. |  COVID-19 Insight: Issue 8 We've published the eighth issue of our COVID-19 Insight report. This month's COVID-19 insight report takes a closer look at how urgent and emergency care services have been affected by the pandemic during the winter, and highlights action CQC is taking to support services under pressure. The challenges for emergency departments have included how to manage services safely, through social distancing and infection control measures, while ensuring people have timely access to treatment. We also continue to publish data on designated settings and the death rates in both care homes and of people detained under the Mental Health Act. You can read the report and accompanying news story on our website. | COVID-19 vaccination programme The government have updated their COVID-19 vaccines delivery plan which explains how the UK government was able to build up a supply of vaccines and how it is planning to deploy them. You can read the plan here. You'll also find documents relating to the programme on the GOV.UK website. Here you can download leaflets and consent forms for having the COVID-19 vaccine. New guidance on continuing regulatory history From 1 April 2019, CQC changed how our website shows the 'regulatory history' of locations where health and care services are carried out. For registration applications completed from that date, where there is a change of ownership or address at an existing location (service), the previous 'regulatory history' of the location (its rating and inspection report) will continue to be displayed against the new location. We will not apply this retrospectively to applications completed before 1 April 2019.  Transforming the way CQC regulates services for people with a learning disability and autistic people In a new blog Debbie Ivanova, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, updates on the work CQC is doing to improve the way we register, monitor and inspect services to make sure the quality of care in services for people with a learning disability and or autistic people is good. Read the blog on our Medium page. | Working together to improve health and social care for all The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have published their white paper Working together to improve health and social care for all. The paper discusses the importance of collaborative working across health and care systems and sets out plans for legislative change. You can read the paper on the GOV.UK website. LGBT+ History Month For the first time, CQC's LGBT+ Network is marking LGBT+ History Month in February, following a successful first CQC Virtual Pride in July 2020. The network wants to show support to colleagues as well as providers and the public, reinforcing that CQC strives for equal and good quality care for everybody. - CQC 'Twitter Takeover' by the LGBT+ Network
Friday 26 February, all day All CQC offices are closed Please do not send post - visit our website for details on how to contact us. Guidance for primary care and dental services professionals Updated Mythbusters from CQC:   Follow us on Twitter! Follow @CQCProf on Twitter to get regular updates about the work we are doing with professionals and provider organisations in England. | | 
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