Reviews and studies: policies relating to extenuating circumstances and extension to data submission deadlines
If an organisation believes that its performance or its ability to submit accurate, comprehensive data has been adversely affected by unforeseen or emergency circumstances outside of its control, where it could not reasonably be expected to have contingency in place to mitigate or remove this effect, it may request that this is taken into consideration in the relevant review or study.
Extenuating circumstances and extension to data submission deadlines policy
The below policy sets out the grounds for and the process by which organisations can apply to have extenuating circumstances taken into account, or an extension to data submission deadlines relating to Reviews & Studies:
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Extenuating circumstances pro forma
If you believe that, due to the impact of an extenuating circumstance as defined in the above policy, it may be inappropriate and unfair to assess your organisation using a specific aspect of the published criteria, please complete the pro forma below and submit it to the Care Quality Commission as directed in the guidance notes.
Please ensure you read the policy before completing this form.
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Any queries relating to the Reviews & Studies extenuating circumstances or extension to data submission deadlines policy and/or processes should be directed to: reviews.studies@cqc.org.uk
