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Registering the right support: CQC's policy on registration and variations to registration for providers supporting people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy statement provides guidance on handling new applicants for registration and applications to vary registration from providers of services for people with learning disabilities. It aims to guide registration managers and inspectors in their assessments of providers of services for people with learning disabilities, and to help them decide whether to grant or refuse registration applications, or applications to make variations to registration. The statement covers the opening a new specialist assessment and treatment unit or hospital; the opening a new care home or location for supported living; and new applications for registration. (Edited publisher abstract)
Right support, right care, right culture: how CQC regulates providers supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
This statutory guidance applies to any service that currently, or intends to, provide regulated care to autistic people and people with a learning disability, including children and young adults, working age adults and older people. It describes the CQC regulatory approach for these services, covering registration, inspection, monitor and enforcement functions. Key requirements providers are expected to demonstrate include: there is a clear need for the service and it has been agreed by commissioners; the size, setting and design of the service meet people’s expectations and align with current best practice; people have access to the community; the model of care, policies and procedures are in line with current best practice. The document includes case studies illustrating how this guidance works in action in adult social care and hospitals. (Edited publisher abstract)
Identifying and responding to closed cultures: guidance for CQC staff
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This guidance supports CQC operational staff to better identify and respond to services that might be at risk of developing closed culture. A closed culture is defined as a poor culture that can lead to harm, human rights breaches and abuse. Features of a closed culture include: staff and/or management no longer seeing people using the service as people; very few people being able to speak up for themselves, for lack of support or fear; people who use the service more likely to be at risk of harm, including deliberate harm. The guidance helps inspectors: understand what a closed culture is; identify a closed culture; understand what potential breaches of the CQC fundamental standards involving human rights look like; be alert to signs of breaches of standards in services with a closed culture; know the right questions to ask at the right time; ensure the voices of people who use services are sought, listened to and acted on; determine next steps if evidence is uncovered that suggests people are at risk of harm or have experienced harm or abuse. (Edited publisher abstract)
Identifying and responding to closed cultures: supporting information for CQC staff
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Information to help CQC inspectors and their managers to identify and respond to ‘closed cultures’ in health and social care services, where abuse and human rights breaches may be taking place. Closed environments may develop in services where people are situated away from their communities, where people stay for months or years at a time, where there is weak management of these services and where staff often lack the right skills, to support people. The document includes advice on identifying risk factors and warning signs and how to use existing regulatory policy when enforcement action is required. The information will be particularly useful for regulating services for people with a learning disability or autistic people. However, the principles apply to all settings where people may be less able to self-advocate, including adult social care services for people with dementia or mental health conditions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Registering the right support: CQC's policy on registration and variations to registration for providers supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This policy statement provides guidance for registration managers and inspectors assessing providers of services for people with learning disability and/or autism. It aims to ensure the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have a consistent approach to registration of services for people with a learning disability and/or autism and also informs providers, people who use services and their families and carers of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) approach to registration. It applies to three key areas of registration: specialist hospital provision, such as an assessment and treatment unit for people with a learning disability and/or autism; opening a new care home or location; and new applications for registration and applications to change a location’s service type, for example from hospital services to care home or supported living services. Case studies are included to provide examples of applications that are likely to be approved, and application that are unlikely to be granted. Providers of services are more likely to have their application for registration granted if they can demonstrate how their model of support is: is in line with Building the Right Support and the accompanying service model, built on evidence-based care; and is in line with national policy. (Edited publisher abstract)