Candidate Name: xxxxxxxxxxxx
As we are a provider that carries out a regulated service we have to be registered with Care Quality Commission. We have to take into account the Care Quality Commission Essential standards quality and safety, which is a guide to help providers of health and social care to comply with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulation 2010 and the Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulation 2009. These regulations describe the essential standards of quality and safety that people who use health and adult care services have a right to expect. The Care Quality Commission will continuously monitor our service to ensure that we are meeting the essential standards and if they have any concerns that at any time we was not meeting the essential standards of quality and safety they will act quickly, working closely with commissioners and others, and using their enforcement powers to bring about improvements if our service was poor or to prevent us from carrying out regulated activities.
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 Regulation 11 and
The Care Quality Commission Essential standards quality and safety Outcome 7 safeguarding people who use services from abuse what these regulations say?
As a registered person I must make suitable arrangements to ensure that service users are safeguarded against the risk of abuse by means of:
• Taking reasonable steps to identify the possibility of abuse and prevent it before it occurs
• Responding appropriately to any allegation of abuse.
Where any form of control or restraint is used in carrying on of the regulated activity, the registered person must have suitable arrangements in place to protect service users against the risk of such control of restraint being: • Unlawful
• Otherwise excessive