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Displaying Your CQC Rating: What Regulation 20A Requires and the 21-Day Rule Displaying your rating is a legal duty, not a marketing choice. Here is where it must appear, the deadline, what happens if you are challenging the rating and how to do it properly. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 7 min read Regulation guide … Read more

Digital Care Records: What CQC Expects from Adult Social Care Providers CQC does not endorse any digital care records system. It does expect your records to be accurate, secure and useful. Here are its four principles and how to evidence them. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 9 min read Practical guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ … Read more

A Relative Has Put a Hidden Camera in a Care Home Room: What Providers Should Do Finding a camera or recorder in a resident’s room is a legal and relationship minefield. CQC’s guidance says to put the person first, treat it as a concern about care and be careful what you do with the device. … Read more

CCTV in Care Homes: Is It Legal, What CQC Expects and How to Use It Lawfully (2026) What the law and CQC say about cameras in care homes, a step-by-step checklist before you install or review a system, and answers on staff monitoring, relatives’ cameras and what has changed. 📅 Updated October 2026 🕐 11 … Read more

CQC Annual Fees for Care Homes and Home Care: How Much, When and How to Pay The annual fee table for care homes and homecare, a worked home care calculation, invoice and direct debit rules, refunds and what happens if you fall behind. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 8 min read Cost guide ✍️ CQCLogic … Read more

How to Challenge a CQC Draft Report: The Factual Accuracy Check Step by Step You have 10 working days to correct errors and add missing evidence. Here is exactly what you can challenge, what you cannot, and how to prepare a response that works. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 10 min read Practical guide ✍️ … Read more

Registered Manager Absent for 28 Days or More: What You Must Tell CQC Maternity leave, long-term sickness or a sabbatical: here are the notice periods, what the notice must contain and the 7-working-day rule on return. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 7 min read Regulation guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC guidance 14 … Read more

CQC Notifications for Serious Injury and Police Involvement: What Counts and Which Form What counts as a serious injury, when police involvement triggers a notification and how to choose the right form when more than one could apply. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 9 min read Regulation guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC … Read more

Notifying CQC of an Allegation of Abuse: When, How and Alongside a Safeguarding Referral An allegation is enough. Here is when to notify CQC, how it sits alongside a local authority referral and police report, and what to record. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 8 min read Regulation guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against … Read more

Do You Have to Notify CQC When a Resident Dies? Regulation 16 Explained When a person using your service dies, you may have a legal duty to tell CQC. Here is when it applies, how to submit it and what to do around it. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 8 min read Regulation guide ✍️ … Read more