 From 1 July 2022, all health and social care providers registered with CQC must ensure that their staff receive training in how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people, at a level appropriate to their role. This new legal requirement is introduced by the Health and Care Act 2022. The government is required to consult on and publish a Code of Practice. We understand that this will outline the content, delivery and ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, which is training it has developed and trialled. The government anticipates that the publication of the Code of Practice may take at least 12 months. During our assessments and inspections of providers, we regularly look to see if staff are working with people appropriately, and if not, we consider what training and support has been provided to them to ensure their understanding. Following the introduction of this requirement on the 1st July, we will be checking whether providers are training their staff in how to interact appropriately with people with a learning disability and autistic people, at a level appropriate to their role. We will also look at whether providers have assessed the competencies of their staff following the training. In line with current inspection procedures, we will not be looking at what the training itself has involved. We will continue to engage with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on this training requirement. The government's Code of Practice will be subject to a public consultation before it is published.  Last week we ran a webinar to update on the development of clinical searches the CQC has developed with Ardens. You can watch a recording of the webinar here. These clinical searches are now routinely used when carrying out inspections of GP practices. They were designed to focus on areas of clinical importance, reflecting the profession's agreed shared view of quality and to contribute to a consistent regulatory approach. You can find more information on how these searches have been constructed, along with an FAQ, on the Ardens website.  We have updated our Duty of Candour guidance to clarify how the term 'unexpected or unintended' should be applied when trying to define whether or not something qualifies as a notifiable safety incident. This is following a number of queries we have received on this area. The revision to the guidance can be found within the section titled 'Duty of Candour – Notifiable Safety Incidents'.  This consultation seeks your views on proposed changes to the way Ofsted and CQC jointly inspect local area partnerships to assess how they work together to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). We are seeking the widest possible range of views from those who have an interest in, or expertise relating to, disability, special educational needs (SEN) and/or alternative provision. We particularly want to hear from children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, their parents and carers. We are also keen to hear from local authorities, clinical commissioning groups, professionals and practitioners involved in the commissioning and delivery of services to children and young people. Continuing our provider webinar series, we have two upcoming webinars for you: Local Authority assurance and integrated care system oversight In recent months we have been running various engagement sessions to help develop our approach to Local Authority assurance and integrated care system oversight. We want to take the opportunity to share our latest thinking with you. Dates: Thursday 7 July, 4-5pm and Tuesday 12th July, 2-3pm Walkthrough of CQC's new regulatory approach In this webinar we'd like to share a detailed walkthrough of the new regulatory approach, showing what this means for you and what a year under the new model might look like. Dates: Wednesday 6 July, 4,-5pm and Thursday 7 July, 2-3pm  The adoption of safe and effective artificial intelligence in health and social care In this blog, Dr Mani Hussain, Director of Primary & Community Care, talks about CQC's involvement in the multi-agency advice service on artificial intelligence. Putting people at the centre of system regulation: learning to lead in changing times As we look to integrated care systems becoming established as statutory bodies from 1 July, CQC Director of Engagement, Chris Day, sets out more detail on CQC's role in system assessment. Our new regulatory approach In her new blog, Joyce Frederick, Director of Policy & Strategy, updates on the development of our new regulatory model. Joyce discusses putting people at the heart of quality, a simplified view of quality, and more areas of our new regulatory model in detail. One year on: Update on delivering our strategy for the changing world of health and social care In this first blog of a new series exploring our progress in delivering the ambitions of our strategy, Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive Officer at CQC reflects on the work we've done over the last 12 months.  The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are conducting a post-implementation review of three sets of regulations made under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. These regulations are: - The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 2009
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- The Care Quality Commission (Reviews and Performance Assessments) Regulations 2018
DHSC are seeking feedback from all providers of a regulated activity that are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England to determine whether all three regulations meet their original objectives, their scope is still appropriate and proportionate, their impact on providers, and whether any changes are required to achieve those objectives with a system that imposes less regulation or to change what the regulations prescribe. - As a key part of our new regulatory model and single assessment framework we will identify the types of evidence we will use to assess specific types of providers. We are asking for your feedback on this type of evidence.
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- Come and see CQC at the upcoming Hospice UK National Conference: Hospice UK's flagship event for all professionals working in palliative and end of life for children and adults is taking this place this November. Last year saw over 800 people attend from roles in hospices, hospitals and other healthcare settings. The themes for 2022 are: collaboration and partnership, data and evidence, digital, equality and diversity and workforce. Visit the Hospice UK site to find out more and book your place.
- CQC's #BecauseWeAllCare campaign, which encourages people to share feedback about their or their loves ones experiences of care, has moved its focus to highlighting the experiences of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. Supported by Disability Rights UK, CQC is encouraging providers to use the stakeholder toolkit, and review if you are meeting the accessible information standard. For those who are deaf or hard of haring you can contact CQC for more information or share feedback with us on our SignLive service.
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