CQC's review of health care in care homes

Our review of health care in care homes has now commenced. This review will look at whether adults of all ages living in care homes have:

* choice and control over their health care;
* equal access to NHS services;
* good quality health care provided by the care home when needed.

In the next weeks we will ask Primary Care Trusts and councils to provide some information. We will use this information to assess risks in our review of health care for people living in care homes. We will then visit a number of PCTs, Councils and care homes to assess the quality of health care for people living in care homes.

* Find out more about our Review of health care in care homes:

http://www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc/whatwedo/improvinghealthandsocialcare/specialreviewsandstudies/reviewofhealthcareforpeopleincarehomes2009/10.cfm

Special reviews programme

This review is part of our Special reviews programme. Our special reviews and studies take an in-depth look at particular aspects of care and people’s experiences of using care. The results of all 6 special reviews being undertaken during 2010 will help us to monitor whether care providers comply with our new registration requirements.

* Find out more about our Special reviews programme

Consultation on our assessments of quality:

http://www.cqc.org.uk/aboutcqc/whatwedo/improvinghealthandsocialcare/specialreviewsandstudies.cfm

We would welcome your views on our future programme of assessments, including special reviews.

* Find out how to take part in our consultation:

http://www.cqc.org.uk/getinvolved/consultations/assessmentsofquality.cfm

Contact us

If you have any queries about the special reviews programme please contact us:

* Email: reviews.studies@cqc.org.uk,
* Telephone: 03000 616161