Care Quality Commission
(asked on 9th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of Care Quality Commission inspection reports have been published within the 50-day target period in the last 12 months.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for developing and consulting on its methodology for assessing whether providers are meeting the levels of safety and quality, including the decisions of when to publish an inspection report.
The CQC has provided the following information.
The CQC has published 20% of inspection reports within the 50 days for the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015. The CQC has provided the following further information about its performance in hospital, adult social care and primary medical service settings.
In CQC’s Business Plan for 2014/15 to 2015/16 it listed its operations key performance indicators which included an aim to publish final reports of inspections undertaken with CQC’s new approach within 50 days. Since the Business Plan published in May 2014, there have been differences in the time taken to publish inspection reports across the sectors (detailed below).
The reasons for these variations are due in part to processes being refined. The Hospitals directorate in CQC now works to a deadline of 65 working days after finding 50 days did not allow sufficient time for the post-inspection process.
The new approach to inspection reports are also more detailed and in-depth and require more time to prepare, especially for the more complex inspections that CQC now undertakes. A timeline of 11 – 12 weeks from conclusion of the physical inspection to publication of the final report balances speed with accuracy to produce a comprehensive report.
Hospitals data summary - Hospitals data includes community and mental health services
Total number of new approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015 | 64 |
Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 50 days | 12 |
Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 50 days as a percentage | 18.75% |
Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 65 days | 42 |
Total number of new approach inspection reports published within 65 days as a percentage | 65.63% |
Adult Social Care1 data summary
New approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015 | ||
| Completed within 50 days | Total |
Number of inspection reports | 205 | 902 |
Percentage of inspection reports | 22.7% | 100.0% |
1 The data presented is limited to reports where there is a publication date and last site visit date recorded.
Primary Medical Services2 data summary
| New approach inspection reports published by CQC from the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2015 | ||
| Completed within 50 days | Total |
|
Number of inspection reports | 48 | 373 |
|
Percentage of inspection reports | 12.9% | 100.0% |
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2 The data presented is limited to reports where there is a publication date and last site visit date recorded.