Updates from the CQC

There have been some useful updates from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) during the last month. 

These include:

The CQC have launched a consultation on the fees that they propose to charge health and social care services that are registered with them. The changes for the fees in 2013/14 include:

• Redefining fees categories.
• The fees that NHS GP providers and other primary medical services will pay when they are registered from 1 April 2013.
• A change to the banding of fees for primary dental services.
• An increase in fees for single specialty independent hospitals.
• A decrease in the fees for individual mobile diagnostic providers.
• A change to the category and fee levels for out-of-hours providers.
• Extending the scheme from 1 October 2013 to include independent midwives who will be entering the registration system. 

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