The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is changing the way it regulates, inspects and rates ambulance, dental and independent acute healthcare services – and they want to know what you think of their plans.
About this consultation
Earlier this year, the CQC asked for views on their plans to change the way they regulate, adult social care services, NHS acute hospitals, community health, specialist mental health services and NHS GP and out-of-hours services. They published their response to the consultation and final guidance documents for these services a few months ago.
Over the next eight weeks they want to find out what you think about how they're planning to change the way they regulate services that were not part of the first consultation – including ambulance services.
This includes things like:
The CQC will rate NHS ambulance services; these ratings will help people to compare services and will highlight where care is outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
The main changes are:
The CQC’s plans for ambulance services have been set out in a consultation document, which you can download and read on their website.
You have until 23rd January to share your feedback, which you can do online through the CQC’s consultation form. The final plans will be developed using the feedback from the consultation, will be published in early 2015 and the actual changes will come into effect in April next year.
Published 7th December 2014