3 October 2011
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is consulting about changes to the fees it proposes to charge providers of health and adult social care services for 2012/13. These fees cover CQC’s work in registering providers and monitoring their compliance with national standards of safety and quality.
The consultation sets out proposals to extend the fees scheme to providers of out-of-hours services who will register for the first time with CQC from April 2012 and adjust parts of the existing scheme. The consultation also sets out CQC’s strategic approach to fees for future years, which will involve more detailed consultation over the next year for phased implementation from 2013/14 onwards.
The three main proposals for the April 2012 fees scheme are to:
- extend the scheme to providers of primary care out-of-hours services entering the registration system from 1 April 2012.
- reduce the fees in the middle bandings for providers of dental and independent ambulance services.
- reduce the fee in the lowest level banding for providers of adult social care services without accommodation.
Cynthia Bower, CQC’s Chief Executive, said: “At this stage we are only proposing some minor changes to the fees scheme. These will be the first steps in a longer-term strategy for a scheme that we will develop in close cooperation with providers.”
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For further information please contact the CQC press office on 0207 448 9401 or out of hours on 07917 232 143.
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About the Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England.
We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve.
We monitor, inspect and regulate services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety and we publish what we find to help people choose care.