tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post309779430560369381..comments2023-08-10T15:02:51.259+01:00Comments on The Small Places: Has the CQC over-promised?Lucy Serieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-38629337931244604422011-12-05T22:22:59.742+00:002011-12-05T22:22:59.742+00:00Has the time come to see if there are any options ...Has the time come to see if there are any options that should be considered?<br /><br />We offered, as an independent holistic accreditation scheme based in the UK, to give oral evidence to the Inquiry about alternative hands-on based ways of helping to ensure that hospitals and clinics are, and remain, safe and fit for purpose. It is not necessarily a matter of replacing the CQC, but there might be ways of augmenting its activities and effectiveness.<br /><br />Sadly we were not invited to speak. I can only imagine they did not have sufficient time to consider looking at the potential options.<br /><br />In addition, has the Inquiry looked at how one keeps standards up in private hospitals as well as in NHS hospitals? Patients can come to grief in either and it would be remiss not grasp all opportunities to prevent predictable problems before they happen.Steve Greenhttp://www.qha-international.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-88718024954884938412011-12-02T15:26:02.462+00:002011-12-02T15:26:02.462+00:00Yes - I did wonder why there was such a huge leap ...Yes - I did wonder why there was such a huge leap in the cost of inspections last year. I attributed it at the time to inspection resources being invested in registration, but not being documented as such (the NAO report out today said that the CQC hadn't recorded this issue properly). But reading Pollard's evidence, I also wondered if the new inspection framework itself is just much more intensive. If it's intensive because it's thorough, that's one thing, but if it's intensive because it's a clunky computer system...Lucy Serieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820866715125284389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327718065135964598.post-90984521966369144812011-12-02T15:18:39.030+00:002011-12-02T15:18:39.030+00:00I wonder what the specific criteria are that trig...I wonder what the specific criteria are that trigger an inspector to move from a desk based review to a visit. It would be interesting to know how risk profiles are compiled and maintained. <br /><br />Really great to see the costs set out - it is not an area where savings can be easily made. The only way I can see is to get a really detailed inspection audit tool that can be filled in during the visit - thus reducing the five days allowed for write ups.nesirkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963762788630061225noreply@blogger.com