The Care Quality Commission, or CQC, is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. They carry out inspections and monitor and regulate services.

Our priorities for 2025-2026

Each year we set out quality priorities for the coming year in our annual quality report

  1. Improving our pressure injury prevention and management in both our acute and community hospital settings (continued from 2024/25).
  2. Improve recognition of malnutrition on admission to hospital/risk of malnutrition in hospital and interventions to manage this. In addition, we will ensure our patients have a positive experience of mealtimes and feel they have had enough assistance to eat and drink where needed. (continued from 2024/25).
  3. Improving our falls prevention and management in both our acute and community hospital settings.
  4. Improving our medicines pathway from reconciliation to discharge.
  5. Improving patient/carer and family involvement in discharge from hospital.