Podcasts by The QCS Podcast

Health&Safety podcast: Controlling Risk from 2022-04-08T13:00

As an employer, you should be doing all that you can to properly understand the potential risks faced by your employees and others affected by your work activities and then find effective means ...

Inspection inside out - What does'Good Character'mean? from 2022-03-01T15:00

Welcome to your new podcast,’ Inspection inside out’ by Abi Spence. Over the next few weeks, Abi will be looking at the key elements of what CQC is looking for to become a CQC Registered Manager...

Preparing for 2022 from 2021-12-14T19:00

Workforce, LPS, costs and COVID-19 are just some of the key issues you will need to address in 2022. Abi Spence explains more and offers some tips and useful resources to help you address these ...

Duty of Candour from 2021-05-25T14:00

On 11 March, the CQC updated its guidance on meeting the duty of candour to make it clear what providers must do to meet the requirements of the regulation and the circumstances in which it must...

Staff Immunisations from 2021-04-28T08:00

In this episode, our Head of Primary Care, Tracy, is joined by GP Policy Led, Ali to talk about staff immunisations. 

At the beginning of March, the NHS confirmed that nine out of ten s...

The secret to embedding outstanding complaints practice in your organisation from 2020-12-16T12:00

In this month’s General Practice Podcast, Tracy Green, Head of Primary Care talks to Alison Lowerson, QCS’s GP Policy Lead.

Tracy and Alison will be discussing Complaints and will be expla...

How GP practices can best support people living with dementia? from 2020-11-26T13:00

In this month’s podcast, I’ll be talking about dementia with Jackie Pool, QCS’s Dementia Care Champion.

Dementia is a condition that has touched so many of our lives. It affects 850,000 pe...

Primary Care Networks Support from 2020-11-11T12:00

In this episode, we are joined by Kiran Johnson who is the co-founder of Primary Care Direct to talk about workforce, relationships, wellbeing and tools that are available to support Primary Car...

Why Practice Managers need a staff training strategy from 2020-09-29T16:00

In this episode, Tracy and Alison discussed mandatory training and how practices can ensure that all of the team have adequate training to meet regulations. They also talked about what the CQC l...

CQC - Key Lines of Enquiry and 2021 strategy from 2020-08-28T11:00

In this month's podcast, I’ll be talking with my colleague, Alison Lowerson about the Care Quality Commission’s Key Lines of Enquiry and its 2021 strategy. 

As everyone listening toda...

The 2020 Seasonal Flu Programme from 2020-08-11T15:00

As we're all aware, this year, health workers are facing the nightmare scenario of dealing with both flu and Coronavirus at the same time. 

The government’s response has been t...

The 2020 Seasonal Flu Programme from 2020-08-11T15:00

As we're all aware, this year, health workers are facing the nightmare scenario of dealing with both flu and Coronavirus at the same time. 

The government’s response has been t...

The 2020 Seasonal Flu Programme from 2020-08-11T15:00

As we're all aware, this year, health workers are facing the nightmare scenario of dealing with both flu and Coronavirus at the same time. 

The government’s response has been t...