| Person in a wheelchair, facing away from the camera, slightly out of focus. Weve just published a new Learning from safety incident resource focusing on wheelchair safety. When something goes wrong in health and social care, the people affected and staff often say, "I don't want this to happen to anyone else." These 'Learning from safety incidents' resources are designed to do just that. Everyone has the right to be kept safe while receiving care. Failing to assess or mitigate the risks to the health and safety of everyone using services can result in incidents and injuries. We recently prosecuted a care home provider for exposing someone using their service to a significant risk of avoidable harm which resulted in a life-changing injury. In this instance, a persons specially adapted wheelchair wasnt used to transport them, and they were badly injured. Wheelchairs must be fit for purpose and risk assessed to keep people safe. Read the full learning from safety incident document to learn ways to manage the risks of injuries to people from wheelchairs. Four red cartoon hands raised, with the words your say floating above. The government want to hear your views about guidance covering learning disability and autism training for people who work in health and social care. The Oliver McGowan code of practice sets out how providers of health and social care can make sure their staff receive training in autism and learning disabilities suitable for their role. What you tell the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about the code of practice will help shape the final version of the code. The code of practice is named after Oliver McGowan, whose tragic death in 2016 highlighted failures in care that could have been prevented. We believe that it is essential that autistic people and people with a learning disability have access to safe, high-quality care. We have worked with DHSC to shape this code of practice. The consultation is open until 19 September 2023. An open laptop with an open blank book, pen and glasses resting upon it. The first webinar in our transformation series, this episode focuses on how we'll roll out our new regulatory approach and provider portal to all health and social care providers. We also let you know when we expect to start using our new regulatory approach and the steps well take to get there. This one-hour webinar is led by Chris Day, our Director of Engagement, and Amanda Hutchinson, our Head of Policy, Regulatory Change. Its an opportunity to hear the latest updates about our new regulatory approach. There were some technical issues during this webinar and unfortunately, some of the presentation slides were cut off. Access the full slide deck.
We're rolling out our new provider portal in phases over the coming months. Make sure your organisation's contact details are correct so you receive an invite when it's your turn to join. Look out for an email about our Annual Provider Survey which is due to go live next week and will close on 29 September 2023. This survey is your chance to share your feedback about CQC - a real opportunity to tell us what you think about our strategy and ambitions for the future. The more survey responses we receive, the better informed we are, and the better able we are to fulfil our purpose. We're always keen to hear from you to help us to shape how we work.Sign up to our online participation platform CitizenLabtoday, toshare your ideasand feedback on live projects. Currently, we'd love to hear from you aboutImproving CitizenLab;Have you ever looked at a CitizenLab project and wanted to make changes to it? Now's your chance to shape what you see on CitizenLab. Wed like to hear from you about your experience of this platform, whats been done well and what needs to be updated or changed with the projects weve shared. We'll use your thoughts to improve our CitizenLab projects, so that we can hear your views and experiences of health and social care.Please provide us with your feedback by 10 September 2023 | 