What is Care Quality Commission?
The '''Care Quality Commission (CQC)''' is set up by the [[Department of Health and Social Care]] to check the quality of health and social care in England. It can go into hospitals, care homes, [[Dentistry|dentists]],[[General practitioner| general practice]]<nowiki/>s and other care services, both public and private. It was started in 2009. The organisations they check have to pay. Services are rated on a four point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. They are all listed on its website. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Care Quality Commission|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/|access-date=2023-01-31|website=www.cqc.org.uk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:2009 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Medical and health organisations in the United Kingdom]]