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<p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult
social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for assessing whether providers
are meeting the registration requirements; this includes the decision of when to publish
its inspection reports on individual hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC has advised
that a timeline of 11-12 weeks from conclusion of the physical inspection to publication
of the final report is within expectation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CQC commenced
its inspection of Medway Hospital Foundation Trust at the end of August 2014. As part
of the CQC’s inspection process, once the actual physical inspection has taken place,
additional time is taken to analyse the data from the inspection in order to formulate
an accurate report on the state of the trust inspected. Once this has been done, recommendations
can be made regarding any required improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In
the case of the Medway Hospital Foundation Trust, the CQC followed up on previous
improvements made since an inspection in July 2014 and continued to have regular meetings
with the Trust, Monitor and NHS England to ensure necessary action was taken in order
to implement recommended improvements. Once this work was completed, the report was
finalised and published.</p><p> </p>
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