The regulator for care in England is the Care Quality Commission (known as CQC). Part of their role is to inspect against the 13 Fundamental Standards, 2 of which are Safety and Premises and Equipment.
One of their 5 Key Questions is “Safe” which has 6 Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs). Click on the + symbols below to see what these review:
CQC provide information on what evidence their inspector will look for when they visit your workplace. This includes evidence of various certificates, checks and audits which you will be expected to provide as appropriate to your work environment.
Depending on your work setting, this can include things like:
Let’s take a look at a few more…
Flip the cards below…
All of this will need to be supported with observations of staff competence and their safety to practice. This information can be requested by the CQC inspector as part of their inspections.
Whether you work in a regulated service or not, the same good practice principles should apply.
This is a link to the adult social care assessment framework.
This is a link to CQC’s fundamental standards.
This short video (2:31) from Skills for Care provides some more information on what to consider when managing risk on a daily basis.
Let’s have a recap of what this includes:
This also includes…
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