Governance and Quality Monitoring Audit - Care Homes

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Care Inspectorate Quality Framework for Care Homes for Adults and Older PeopleHealth and Social Care Standards: My Support, My LifeCare Inspectorate: Notifications

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  • Q1 | Unanswered

    Is there a clear governance framework showing who is accountable for quality, safety, care, risk, compliance and improvement, and is it understood in practice?

    Evidence to check

    • • Governance structure
    • • Role descriptions
    • • Staff interviews
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  • Q2 | Unanswered

    Do leaders have sufficient oversight of the quality of people's lived experience, outcomes, safety and wellbeing rather than relying only on completed paperwork?

    Evidence to check

    • • Quality reports
    • • Leadership walkarounds
    • • People's feedback
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  • Q3 | Unanswered

    Are quality-assurance audits planned across key service areas, completed at appropriate intervals and based on observation, discussion and record review?

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    • • Audit programme
    • • Completed audits
    • • Observation records
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  • Q4 | Unanswered

    Do audits identify the underlying cause of issues and lead to actions with named owners, realistic timescales and evidence that improvements are effective?

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    • • Audit actions
    • • Root-cause analysis
    • • Effectiveness reviews
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  • Q5 | Unanswered

    Is there a live quality-improvement plan that tracks priorities, risks, progress, barriers, outcomes and sustained improvement?

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    • • Quality-improvement plan
    • • Progress review
    • • Outcome evidence
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  • Q6 | Unanswered

    Are people using the service, families, staff and advocates involved in identifying quality priorities and reviewing whether improvements have made a difference?

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    • • Meeting notes
    • • Feedback evidence
    • • Co-production records
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  • Q7 | Unanswered

    Are incidents, accidents, safeguarding concerns, complaints, compliments and near misses analysed together to identify themes, learning and action?

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    • • Trend analysis
    • • Incident and complaint logs
    • • Learning actions
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  • Q8 | Unanswered

    Are serious incidents, notifications, safeguarding concerns and significant risks escalated promptly to appropriate leaders, agencies and the Care Inspectorate where required?

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    • • Notification records
    • • Escalation records
    • • Safeguarding files
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  • Q9 | Unanswered

    Is the service risk register current, proportionate and used actively to monitor controls, owners, escalation and review dates?

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    • • Risk register
    • • Risk reviews
    • • Control assurance
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  • Q10 | Unanswered

    Are staffing levels, skill mix, vacancies, sickness, agency use, training and competency reviewed against people's current needs and outcomes?

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    • • Workforce reports
    • • Rota review
    • • Training and competency data
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  • Q11 | Unanswered

    Are personal plans, risk assessments, care records and daily notes monitored for quality, accuracy, person-centredness and consistency with observed practice?

    Evidence to check

    • • Care-record audits
    • • Observation
    • • Personal-plan reviews
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  • Q12 | Unanswered

    Are medicines, infection prevention, health and safety, premises, equipment and emergency arrangements monitored through clear assurance processes?

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    • • Specialist audit reports
    • • Action plans
    • • Compliance checks
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  • Q13 | Unanswered

    Are policies and procedures current, accessible and reviewed when law, guidance, inspection findings, incidents, feedback or people's needs change?

    Evidence to check

    • • Policy register
    • • Review history
    • • Staff access evidence
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  • Q14 | Unanswered

    Do governance meetings record decisions, actions, responsibilities, deadlines and follow-up, with evidence that overdue actions are challenged?

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    • • Governance minutes
    • • Action tracker
    • • Overdue-action review
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  • Q15 | Unanswered

    Do leaders undertake regular visible quality checks, speak with people and staff, and use what they learn to test management assurance?

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    • • Leadership walkarounds
    • • People's interviews
    • • Follow-up actions
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  • Q16 | Unanswered

    Are external inspection findings, professional advice, commissioning feedback and best-practice learning acted on promptly and reviewed for effectiveness?

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    • • Inspection reports
    • • Professional advice
    • • Improvement evidence
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  • Q17 | Unanswered

    Does the service use the Care Inspectorate Quality Framework and Health and Social Care Standards to evaluate performance and plan improvement?

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    • • Self-evaluation
    • • Quality Framework review
    • • Improvement plan
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  • Q18 | Unanswered

    Are equality, human rights, participation and outcomes considered in governance reviews so that poorer experiences or exclusion are identified and addressed?

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    • • Equality analysis
    • • Human-rights review
    • • Participation evidence
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  • Q19 | Unanswered

    Are key quality, safety, workforce and outcome measures reliable, reviewed over time and used to make informed decisions rather than simply reported?

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    • • Performance dashboard
    • • Trend reports
    • • Decision records
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  • Q20 | Unanswered

    Can the provider demonstrate effective governance that gives assurance of safe, compassionate, person-led care and continuous quality improvement?

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    • • Provider assurance
    • • Governance review
    • • People's outcome evidence
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