Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The independent regulator of health and social care in England
We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.
We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find, including performance ratings to help people choose care.
We work in the following ways.
- Making sure services meet fundamental standards that people have a right to expect whenever they receive care.
- Registering care services that meet our standards.
- Monitoring, inspecting and regulating care services to make sure that they continue to meet the standards.
- Protecting the rights of vulnerable people, including those whose rights are restricted under the Mental Health Act.
- Listening to and acting on your experiences.
- Involving the public and people who receive care in our work and working in partnership with other organisations and local groups.
- Challenging all providers, with the worst performers getting the most attention.
- Making fair and authoritative judgements, supported by the best information and evidence.
- Taking appropriate action if care services are failing to meet fundamental standards of quality and safety.
- Carrying out in-depth investigations to look at care across the system.
- Reporting on the quality of care services, publishing clear and comprehensive information, including performance ratings to help people choose care.
Last Updated
Record Last Updated On:
Contact Details
- Telephone
- 03000 616161 03000 616161
- enquiries@cqc.org.uk
- Website
- Care Quality Commission
- Scan to visit this website
- Social Media
- Notes
Where to go
- Postcode
- NE1 4PA
- View on a map
Related Links
Time, Costs and Availability
Time / Date Details
- When is it on
- Customer Service telephone available Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm