Relevant. Traceable. Clear about its limits.
Every briefing starts with a source readers can check for themselves.
What we cover
We select developments affecting health and adult social care providers in England: CQC regulation and assessments, care quality, patient safety, governance, workforce and equitable experiences of care. General politics, promotional releases and unrelated international stories do not meet this remit.
Primary sources first
Our source list includes CQC, GOV.UK and its departments and agencies, NHS England, NICE, UK legislation, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Health and Safety Executive and Skills for Care. Being on the list is only the first check: the source page must be opened, the actual claim and date checked, and its relevance established. Search snippets, reposts and social posts alone are insufficient.
Three articles is the daily target
We check for new developments each day and aim to publish three distinct, useful briefings. If fewer stories pass the checks, we publish fewer and record the outcome. We do not split one announcement into several stories, republish old material as new, or invent news to meet the target. A later substantive change belongs in a dated update or correction to the existing article.
Dates mean different things
The source publication date belongs to the official announcement. The CQCaudit publication date records when our briefing appeared. The source-check time records an actual check; it does not imply a clinical, legal or qualified professional review. Older source material may inform a clearly dated briefing, but its original date stays visible.
Facts, proposals and interpretation
We distinguish rules already in force from consultations, pilots and policy plans. Practical review points are CQCaudit’s interpretation and are labelled accordingly. A report on selected inspected services is not presented as a census of all providers. Clinical decisions and the application of legal requirements should use the full current source and appropriate professional judgement.
How summaries are produced
Briefings use automated research and summarisation, with direct primary-source checking. No named professional reviewer or independent expert sign-off is claimed. Summaries are written in original wording; they do not reproduce full source articles or imply endorsement by the source organisation.
Corrections and continuity
Substantive corrections retain the original article address and publication date, add a dated correction note and update the modified date. If a source cannot be verified, the item is held back. The news archive keeps earlier briefings so readers can follow changes over time.
Independence
CQCaudit is independent of the Care Quality Commission and other source organisations. Source links are attribution, not an affiliation or endorsement.