C2C1C4C5Part 1The Care Quality Commission

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Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

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Pt. 1 modified (E.W.) (6.4.2015) by Care Act 2014 (c. 23), ss. 57(1)(2), 127(1); S.I. 2015/993, art. 4 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2015/995)

C3Chapter 3Quality of health and social care

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Pt. 1 Ch. 3 modified by 2004 c. 17, s. 10(1) (as substituted (1.10.2010) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Consequential Amendments No.2) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/813), arts. 1(1), 15)

Reviews and investigations

46F1Reviews and performance assessments F2: registered service providers

1

The Commission must, in respect of such regulated activities and such registered service providers as may be prescribed—

a

conduct reviews of the carrying on of the regulated activities by the service providers,

b

assess the performance of the service providers following each such review, and

c

publish a report of its assessment.

2

Regulations under subsection (1) may prescribe—

a

all regulated activities or regulated activities of a particular description;

b

all registered service providers or particular registered service providers;

c

the whole of a regulated activity or a particular aspect of it.

3

The assessment of the performance of a registered service provider is to be by reference to whatever indicators of quality the Commission devises.

4

The Commission must prepare a statement—

a

setting out the frequency with which reviews under this section are to be conducted and the period to which they are to relate, and

b

describing the method that it proposes to use in assessing and evaluating the performance of a registered service provider under this section.

5

The Commission may—

a

use different indicators for different cases,

b

make different provision about frequency and period of reviews for different cases, and

c

describe different methods for different cases.

6

The Commission must publish—

a

any indicators it devises for the purpose of subsection (3), and

b

the statement it prepares for the purpose of subsection (4).

7

Before doing so, the Commission—

a

must consult the Secretary of State and such other persons, or other persons of such a description, as may be prescribed, and

b

may also consult any other persons it considers appropriate.

8

The Commission may from time to time revise—

a

any indicators it devises for the purpose of subsection (3), and

b

the statement it prepares for the purpose of subsection (4);

and, if it does so, it must publish the indicators and statement as revised.

9

Subsection (7) applies to revised indicators and a revised statement, so far as the Commission considers the revisions in question to be significant.

10

In this section “registered service provider” means a person registered under Chapter 2 as a service provider.

11

Consultation undertaken before the commencement of this section is as effective for the purposes of subsection (7) as consultation undertaken after that commencement.