As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) increases the number of dental practices they are inspecting, with the aim to visit 10% or 1000 practices in 2025, questions are being asked of practices to effectively demonstrate that they are well-led. As the CQC are prioritising practices which have not been inspected for some time, or those which have never been inspected since registering, there is no better time to ask yourself and your practice manager the question, is our practice well-led?
Although the inspection system still runs on the well-known five key questions - is the practice safe, effective, caring, responsive to people's needs and well-led, we are seeing an increase in focus from the CQC on the question of well-led and the quality statements that fall under this. This is bringing a more structured approach to inspections. However, recent reports are reflecting that some practices are not meeting the regulations for this key question. This article will examine what the question of well-led means for your practice, and some of the pitfalls to avoid when it comes to your CQC inspection and beyond.
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