1. Routine data sharing
2. Emerging and urgent concerns
3. Local regulatory alignment
4. Risk and quality summits
5. Strategic collaboration
Annex 2: Information sharing with the GMC
Annex 3: Information sharing with CQC
Annex 4: Potential illegal practice
Joint Strategic Oversight Groups (JSOGs) and Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs)
Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs) bring together different parts of the health and care system, to share intelligence about risks to quality. These groups are being embedded across the seven regions of NHSE/I and they align to the Joint Strategic Oversight Groups.
This is not to be confused with a CQC quality summit, which occurs after a CQC inspection. When a QSG or JSOG takes place, GMC and CQC staff who have been invited should check that the other organisation has also been invited.
Quality summits
The purpose of CQC quality summits is to develop a plan of action and recommendations based on the inspection team’s findings as set out in the hospital inspection report. This plan will be developed by partners from within the health economy and the local authority.
If the inspection raises concerns about a provider which may call into question its suitability as a learning and training environment, the CQC should ensure that the GMC is invited to the quality summit by emailing the joint mailbox.
Snippet for joint working with GMC
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Joint operational protocol between CQC and the General Medical Council