Care Quality Commission registration

Posted: April 30 2010

Moorfields has been registered without conditions by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) under the new, more rigorous national system for regulating NHS organisations.  Full registration, which comes into force from 1 April 2010, means that Moorfields has demonstrated that we meet new standards of quality and safety.  The CQC will now continue to monitor us to ensure that these standards are maintained.

The new standards cover important issues for patients such as treating people with respect, involving them in decisions about care, keeping clinical areas clean, and ensuring services are safe.

“Being registered without conditions is an excellent achievement,” says Moorfields’ chief executive John Pelly.  “It’s now important that we are not complacent, but continue to maintain and enhance our standards so that our patients experience the quality of care they expect and deserve from us.”

Under the new system, the CQC plans to look at whether trusts are meeting the standards now and in the future, rather than in the past, so that they can identify and tackle problems earlier.  There will be more inspections and consideration of the care people experience, rather than just systems and processes.  The CQC is also committed to doing more to listen and respond to the views of patients.

For further information about the new registration process, please visit www.cqc.org.uk.