News from the Care Quality Commission: May 2022

Our new website, jobs with CQC, and more

The independent regulator of health and social care in England Newsletter Our monthly update for everyone interested in health and social care We've upgraded our website If you have visited the CQC website in the past few days, you may have noticed some changes. We have updated the design to improve how it works for people using mobile phones, tablets, or assistive technologies such as screen readers. The website's search function has also been streamlined, making it easier for you to get to the information you need. We have also improved our email alerts, meaning you can now find out about new inspection reports the same day they are published, rather than having to wait for a weekly update. Find out more about the new cqc.org.uk 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 bring together groups of people, 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. The things we're working on change all the time. At the moment, projects on CitizenLab include: Influence how CQC reviews care in local areas The way that health and social care is provided is changing. Health and social care organisations are being asked by the government to work in a more joined up way. These changes mean that CQC will have a new job to look at how well services are working together in local areas. We need your help to decide how we should do this and how we can get it right. Supported living improvement coalition The supported living improvement coalition is a group set up by CQC that will be led by people with lived experience, their relatives and representatives. The group will help people share their stories with a range of organisations who can work with them to improve services. If you'd like to find out more about these projects or other work taking place on CitizenLab, sign up using the links below. 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 and get involved   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: Public Engagement and Insight Manager Parliamentary and Stakeholder Engagement Manager National Professional Advisor Graduate Analyst - Technology, Data & Insight Applications Development Manager Benefits include generous leave entitlement, NHS or Nest pension schemes and a wide range of employee discounts. Most roles offer flexible locations with the choice to be home-based. See the individual job listings for more information. Browse our current vacancies Employee benefits   Research: How GP practices use innovative methods to address local health inequalities CQC and the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network have published findings from our research into how GP practices use innovative methods to address local health inequalities.  Tackling inequalities in health and care is central to our new strategy, along with understanding how providers in local systems are working together to improve outcomes for everyone in their area. We will take what we have learned from this project into our developing regulatory approach. We will also publish an online resource later this year to help GP providers demonstrate their innovation. This project has been made possible by a grant from the £3.7 million Regulators' Pioneer Fund, launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. News: Innovation in general practice and regulation Regulatory recognition and sharing of innovative practice by NHS GP providers to reduce health inequalities   Sir Robert Francis to step down from CQC's board Sir Robert Francis QC has announced that he will step down from the board of CQC, of which he has been a member since 2014. He will also retire as Chair of Healthwatch England, leaving both roles in November 2022. Announcing his retirement, Sir Robert said: "It has been a privilege to serve on the CQC Board and as chair of Healthwatch England. This unique position has enabled me to raise the issues which really matter to patients, service users and those close to them. "People who use services must be central to NHS and social care decision-making. Their voice is crucial to understanding what works and how services can be better. Greater attention to listening and acting on public feedback has led to real improvements in policy and practice. "However, the health and social care system continues to face challenges in meeting demand and in maintaining safety and quality. So listening to people who use services and providing the resources to enable this to happen are ever more important. Not only will this help to prevent tragic failures in care occurring, but it will also result in better support and lives for many people in England." The Department of Health and Social Care will start the recruitment process for a new CQC board member and Healthwatch Chair shortly. More: Healthwatch England chair to step down (Healthwatch England)   Do you work in health or social care? Sign up to our other newsletters and follow us on Twitter to make sure you always get the latest information from us. 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