NHS LETTER OF INTENT REGISTRATION

NHS LETTER OF INTENT REGISTRATION

If there was a single home attached to a registration the CQC would have to apply to a magistratesРІР‚в„ў court in order to cancel your registration under a separate section of the Act. There is no external oversight of the action. To carry on the regulated activities after that document has been served on you is a criminal offence. As the action takes effect as soon as the urgent document is served, with a suspension or removal of a location it means that service users have to be removed immediately. This includes removal of a location where a provider has multiple locations on its registration and so in effect means cancellation of a locationРІР‚в„ўs registration. The Letter will state that if the CQC isnРІР‚в„ўt provided with the assurances it requires it can take urgent action to suspend your registration or add, remove or vary conditions to a providerРІР‚в„ўs registration. IРІР‚в„ўve even seen a request come in on Christmas Eve, requesting a response on Boxing Day РІР‚вЂњ Merry Christmas to you too CQC. YouРІР‚в„ўre lucky if you get a weekend РІР‚вЂњ received on a Friday at 4pm and a response is required by 10am on the Monday. The timeframe that the CQC allows for providers to respond to these Letters are usually very short, often 24 hours. The provider is asked to respond to the issues raised and provide an action plan indicating that appropriate action has and will be taken to mitigate any perceived risk. This is incorrect РІР‚вЂњ itРІР‚в„ўs a precursor to action being taken under s.31. Often CQC will say a Letter of Intent has been issued under section 31. Usually the letter indicates that the CQC is considering taking action under its urgent powers as provided for in section 31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 ( РІР‚СљActРІР‚Сњ). It gives the provider a short window of opportunity to provide assurance that the CQC doesnРІР‚в„ўt need to take further action. It is a letter from the CQC served on a provider indicting that the CQC has a concern about a service. Now, if you look at the CQCРІР‚в„ўs Enforcement Policy you wonРІР‚в„ўt find mention of a РІР‚ВLetter of IntentРІР‚в„ў, so what is it? Historically this would have usually prompted an unannounced inspection but with the CQCРІР‚в„ўs seeming desire not to cross the threshold unless absolutely necessary, at Ridouts we are already seeing the impact of this with an increase in the use of РІР‚ВLetters of IntentРІР‚в„ў. Information will be gathered from various places and different stakeholders and should that information flag a potential risk then the CQC will consider what action, if any, it should take. The CQC will base the action it takes on the information it is in receipt of, but this does not necessarily mean that the CQC will ever set foot in a location.

As reported on in our October 2020 Newsletter, the introduction of CQCРІР‚в„ўs Transitional Monitoring Approach means that the CQC is moving away from timetabled inspections and towards a more risk based approach.

Nhs letter of intent