Sarah Billington is Deputy Director Medicines Optimisation and IR(ME)R[1] at CQC. Here, she talks about the environmental impact of medicine use in health and social care and invites you to support CQC’s new funded research into sustainable medicines optimisation. Decarbonisation and the wider green agenda are high priorities for everyone…

Amanda Partington-Todd is Deputy Director of Adult Social Care at CQC. Here she describes the importance of person-centred care.

James Bullion, interim Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care and Integrated Care, gives his views on this year’s State of Care report. …

We know winter is one of the most difficult times of year for the health and care system. We speak to Dr Sean O’Kelly, Chief Inspector of Healthcare, and Dr Prem Premachandran, Emergency Medicine Consultant, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and CQC National Professional Advisor — Urgent and Emergency Care…

Rebecca Bauers, Interim Director for People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, and Chris Dzikiti, Director for Mental Health, talk about CQC’s new cross-sector policy position statement on restrictive practice, what it means for providers, and what people receiving healthcare services have the right to expect. …

Carolyn Jenkinson, Deputy Director of Secondary and Specialist Healthcare, shares the latest findings from our national maternity inspection programme to help enable wider learning across the sector. As I begin this blog, I’d like to take the opportunity to outline my personal commitment to ensuring our work on maternity delivers…

As we mark 75 years of the NHS, Director of Engagement Chris Day reflects on the role innovation has played. He looks ahead to the future, and shares his thoughts on how we as the regulator can support and encourage innovation. The NHS turning 75 gives us all the opportunity…

In her first blog as Interim Director of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People, Rebecca Bauers talks about the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience; about how we have been gathering insight to shape our priorities, and how we intend to use our…

In this blog, Director of Engagement, Chris Day, talks about the importance and value of involving a wide range of voices in our work. As the independent regulator for health and social care in England, we register and inspect care homes and home care, hospitals, dental and GP practices, mental…