Top tips and Prompts Preparing a Practice for a CQC Inspection

Updated on Friday, 28 October 2016, 2446 views

These hints tips and prompts have been compiled after research into the CQC Inspection process, with the purpose of helping the GP practice get ready for the CQC Inspection.Some hints,tips and prompts are general whilst others relate specifically to what the CQC calls KeyLinesofEnquiry (KLOE). Some hints,tips and prompts will be more useful than others;this will depend on which areas the CQC Inspectors focus on during the inspections.

Our thanks to Derby and derbyshire LMC Ltd for sharing this guidance

CQC Request for Documents prior to and during inspection

What to expect from a CQC Inspection

Population Groups-GP practice information requests

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