The effect of external inspections on safety in acute hospitals in the National Health Service in England:

The effect of external inspections on safety in acute hospitals in the National Health Service in England: A controlled interrupted time-series analysis
Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 24(3), p182-190, 1 July 2019

• Analysis did not find a correlation between 2 clinical adverse event rates (rates of falls with harm, pressure ulcers) across acute trusts and CQC external inspections. Any improvement happening before the announced CQC inspections slowed after the inspection.

The state of care in independent doctor and clinic services providing primary medical care

The state of care in independent doctor and clinic services providing primary medical care
CQC 28 March 2019

• Findings from an analysis of a sample of 85 inspection reports from CQC inspection programme of independent doctor and clinic services providing primary medical care in England.
• Main areas of concern related to:
• safe and effective prescribing
• awareness of safeguarding and establishing patients’ identity, particularly for children and their parents or legal guardians
• arrangements for clinical oversight, governance frameworks and quality monitoring and improvement
• recording details and managing patients’ care records
• gaining appropriate consent
• sharing information with a patient’s NHS GP or other health professionals in accordance with guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC)

CQC has a power to inspect commissioners

Requirements for registration with the Care Quality Commission :Response to consultations on fundamental standards, the Duty of Candour and the fit and proper persons requirement for directors - Response to a consultation.
Department of Health, July 2014

• From April 2015, subject to parliamentary approval, all health and social care providers will be required to meet fundamental standards of care as a condition of their registration with the Care Quality Commission. This document sets out the CQC approach to introducing new fundamental standards, the Duty of Candour and the fit and proper persons requirement.
• The registration requirements apply only to providers of regulated activities that require registration with CQC. The commissioning of health or adult social care services is not a regulated activity, and the registration requirements do not, therefore, apply to commissioning. However, CQC has a power to carry out a special review or investigation of commissioning with the specific agreement of the Secretary of State. 
• See all consultation documents and regulations here

Market Reports from CQC

Market Reports
CQC, August 2012

• The first in a series of quarterly publications that will track performance across all sectors and flag issues of concern from CQC inspections.
• The graphs, charts, data and commentary includes:
• The number of services inspected in each sector
• Where these inspections took place shown on maps of England
• What the inspections found - whether each service was meeting the appropriate government standards
• How well each of the government standards were being met across each sector.