News from the Care Quality Commission: July 2021

The latest CQC Insight report, cancer and learning disability provider collaboration reviews, latest vacancies, and more

The independent regulator of health and social care in England Newsletter Our monthly update for everyone interested in health and social care Data published showing death notifications involving COVID-19 from individual care homes As part of this month's CQC Insight report, we have published data showing death notifications from care homes that involved COVID-19. The data covers the period from 10 April 2020 to 31 March 2021  Despite the best efforts of people working in adult social care, COVID-19 has contributed to a significant increase in the number of deaths in care homes. It is important to recognise the number of deaths, but also to understand the context of the data.  By themselves, death notifications do not indicate poor quality care. Other factors potentially influence data, including rates of local community transmission, size of the care home, and the age, health and care needs of the people living there. Many of the notifications relate to the deaths of care home residents which occurred in other care settings. Talking about the publication of the data, Kate Terroni, Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care, said:  "It is important to remember that every number represents a life lost - and families, friends and those who cared for them who are having to face the sadness and consequences of their death. "As we publish this data, we ask for consideration and respect to be shown to people living in care homes, to families who have been affected, and to the staff who have done everything they could, in incredibly difficult circumstances, to look after those in their care." Other topics covered in this month's CQC Insight: Infection prevention and control in NHS trusts Identifying and responding to closed cultures We also update our regular data, including the total number of deaths of people in care homes and of people detained under the Mental Health Act. COVID-19 Insight - issue 12 Press release: Care Quality Commission publishes data showing death notifications involving COVID-19 received from individual care homes  New provider collaboration reviews looking at cancer services and care for people with a learning disability We have published 2 new reports as part of our series of provider collaboration reviews (PCRs). The reports focus on: Ensuring the provision of cancer services during the coronavirus pandemic Care for people with a learning disability living in the community during the pandemic Our PCRs look at how health and social care providers are working together in local areas. They aim to help providers learn from each other's experience of responding to the coronavirus pandemic. Ensuring the provision of cancer services We looked at cancer care in 8 areas of England in March and April 2021. This was when services were under the severe pressure associated with the second wave of COVID-19. We wanted to know whether people were getting the right care, at the right time, and in the right place, and how collaboration across local areas had made a difference. Care for people with a learning disability living in the community during the pandemic The second report shares findings from our PCR looking at care in 7 areas of England for people with a learning disability who live in the community. News: CQC publish provider collaboration reviews looking at cancer services and care for people with a learning disability  Provider collaboration review: care for people with a learning disability living in the community during the pandemic  Provider collaboration review: ensuring the provision of cancer services  Provider collaboration reviews    Join us! Work for CQC CQC staff have a wide range of skills and work across many disciplines. Find out about roles within CQC, Healthwatch England and the Office of the National Guardian. Current vacancies include: Senior Analyst (home based) Academy Digital Learning Developer (home based) Lawyer – Hospitals and Primary Medical Services Legal Team (Leeds or London) Senior Public Engagement Officer (home based) QA Engineering Manager (home based) Benefits include generous leave entitlement, NHS or Nest pension schemes and a wide range of employee discounts. Browse our current vacancies Employee benefits   Our equality objectives 2021-2025 We want to tackle inequality to make sure everyone has good quality care, as well as equal access, experience and outcomes from health and social care services. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has magnified and exposed longstanding inequalities in health and social care. Everyone in health and social care needs to understand their causes and take action to address them – including leaders who influence what happens locally. Our 5 equality objectives for 2021-2025 are: Amplifying the voices of people most likely to have a poorer experience of care or have difficulty accessing care Using data to understand and respond to equality risks Working with others to improve equality of access, experience and outcomes Using our independent voice to reduce inequalities Our inclusive future: delivering on our diversity and inclusion strategy for our workforce We have also reviewed progress on our previous equality objectives for 2019-21.  See our equality objectives for 2021-2025   Have your say: Statutory guidance on the use of force in mental health units The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) want to hear your views about the daft statutory guidance for the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act. The aim of the legislation is to prevent the inappropriate use of force and to ensure transparency and accountability about the use of force in mental health units. The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act became law in November 2018, but the Act is not yet in use. The aim of the Act and the statutory guidance is to: clearly set out the measures that are needed to both prevent and reduce the inappropriate use of force ensure accountability and transparency about the use of force in mental health units Use of force includes the physical, mechanical or chemical restraint of a patient, and the isolation of a patient, including seclusion and segregation. DHSC welcome all responses to the consultation, especially from those who have lived experience of mental ill health or have been subjected to the use of force in a mental health unit. The consultation closes at midday on 17 August 2021 DHSC open consultation: Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 statutory guidance   Our update on the safe management and use of controlled drugs We make sure that health and care providers safely manage controlled drugs in England. This year's update gives an overview of our findings from our regulatory work as well as prescribing data and trends for controlled drugs across England. The data in this year's report relates to the calendar year 2020. However, given the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic we have also included relevant information for the first half of 2021. Report: The safer management of controlled drugs: Annual update  News: Our annual update on the safe management and use of controlled drugs    Help shape our work Our CitizenLab service helps you shape the work that we do. CitizenLab gives you an easy way to get involved with our work and share your ideas and opinions. We use it to collect your views, conduct surveys and run quick polls. What you tell us helps us understand the things that are important to you. We can use what we learn to make our services and information better for everyone. When you join, you'll be sent an email when new information or projects are added. You can also sign in to see what activities are currently live and ready for you to take part in. Sign up to CitizenLab and get involved   Our response to the consultation on flexible and responsive regulation We have published our response to our recent consultation on our proposals for changes to the way we regulate services. The proposed changes are designed to: allow us to assess and rate services more flexibly, so we can update our ratings more often in a more responsive and proportionate way make ratings easier to understand for everyone We received over 500 responses from people who use services, health and care providers and commissioners, CQC colleagues and other stakeholders. All responses were analysed by Traverse Ltd, who provided independent analysis of the feedback. Responses indicated broad overall support across our proposals, but there were some concerns or queries in some areas. We address these points in our responses to each consultation question. News: CQC publishes response to consultation on flexible and responsive regulation  Responding to our consultation: Changes for more flexible and responsive regulation  Consultation document: Consultation on changes for flexible regulation    Do you work in health or social care? Make sure you see the latest information about the changes that we're making to the way that we work due to coronavirus. Update your subscription settings to get emails for providers and on specialist topics Follow our Twitter account for health and social care professionals Follow our main Twitter account

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