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These guides set out what our inspection teams look at when assessing or inspecting services.
Each of the guides looks at a specific topic. They set out how the inspection team gather evidence and report their findings, as well as giving information about regulations.
Brief guides
This guide sets out what our inspectors and Mental Health Act reviewers look at when checking how providers implement the Patient and carer race equality framework (PCREF).
This guide sets out what our inspectors look at when checking the care of children and young people who may be in an inappropriate setting.
This guide explains the mandatory training requirement on learning disability and autism, and what we expect from providers.
This guide sets out what our inspectors and Mental Health Act reviewers look at when assessing or inspecting services that use digital contactless patient monitoring technologies.
Older brief guides
Guides under review
These guides are under review. The updated guides will be published after the reviews are complete:
- We have removed the brief guide for ‘positive behaviour support for people with behaviours that challenge’ whilst we undertake a review of this guidance to align with national guidance, which will be published later this year.
- Brief guide BG001: psychotropic medication in intellectual and developmental disability
- Brief guide BG069: electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) For queries about the guide on psychotropic medication in intellectual and developmental disability, contact Medicines.Enquiries@cqc.org.uk
For queries about the guide on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), contact MHPolicy@cqc.org.uk
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Brief guide for inspection teams: Use of ‘blanket restrictions’ in mental health wards
(odt, 173.44kB)
Brief guide for inspection teams: Smoke free policy for mental health inpatient services
(odt, 39.75kB)
Brief guide for inspection teams: Crisis response lines - NHS 111 (select mental health option)
(odt, 51.27kB)
Brief guide for inspection teams: Children and young people in unsuitable Hospital setting
(odt, 29.57kB)