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CQC Regulation 12 Safe Care and Treatment: A Practical Guide for Care Managers Regulation 12 is the most commonly cited safety regulation. Here are its nine duties in plain English, with the evidence an inspector expects to see. 📅 Published October 2026 🕐 10 min read Regulation guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC … Read more

CQC Regulation 17 Good Governance: What It Requires and How to Evidence It Regulation 17 is the regulation that holds the other fundamental standards together. Here is what it requires, what inspectors want to see, and how to prove your governance works. 📅 Updated October 2026 🕐 9 min read Regulation guide ✍️ CQCLogic Team … Read more

How to Check If a Care Provider Is CQC Registered (Care Home, Home Care or Clinic) A step-by-step way to confirm a service is registered with the Care Quality Commission, what to read on its CQC page, how to find closed services and lists of providers, and what to do if it is not registered. … Read more

Restrictive Practice and Restraint in Care: What CQC Expects and How to Reduce It What counts as restraint and restrictive practice, when it can lawfully be used, what CQC requires of providers and how to monitor and reduce it. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 8 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC … Read more

What Is the Care Quality Commission (CQC)? What It Does and What It Means for Your Service A plain guide to England’s health and adult social care regulator: its role, how it registers, assesses and rates services, its powers and what providers need to do. 📅 Updated October 2026 🕐 7 min read Explainer ✍️ … Read more

Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes: What CQC Expects The IPC quality statement, the legal code of practice, the topics inspectors cover and how to audit and evidence infection control in your service. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 8 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC guidance 25 September 2026 Infection … Read more

Consent in Care: What CQC Regulation 11 Requires and How to Get It Right Care can only be given with consent. Here is what valid consent means, how it works in practice, what to do when someone lacks capacity and how to evidence it. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 7 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic … Read more

What Is Dignity in Care? Meaning, Examples and What CQC Regulation 10 Requires What dignity and respect mean in practice, the examples inspectors notice, and what Regulation 10 requires providers to do. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 6 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC guidance 25 September 2026 Dignity in care … Read more

What Is a Risk Assessment in Care? Purpose, Types and How CQC Expects Them to Work What a care risk assessment is, the types you need, how to balance safety with people’s rights and choices, and what Regulation 12 expects. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 7 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against … Read more

CQC Fundamental Standards: All 14 Explained (Not 13) The standards below which care must never fall: each one, what it requires, the regulation behind it, and why older lists say 13. 📅 Updated September 2026 🕐 9 min read Explainer ✍️ CQCLogic Team ✅ Checked against CQC guidance 25 September 2026 The CQC fundamental standards … Read more