MediiCBlog
Compliance, explained plainly.
MediiC starts with CQC for care homes, GP practices and dental practices in England, so that’s where these guides start too. The same engine is built to extend to other regulated frameworks over time.
Why the CQC gap-analysis spreadsheet stops working past a handful of services
A spreadsheet is a fine way to run a single baseline assessment once. It's a poor way to keep one current, across five key questions, for more than one service, indefinitely. Here's exactly where it breaks.
The Evidence Tracker and Policy Data Bank: how a compliance platform actually works
Two ideas do almost all of the work in a CQC compliance platform: a matrix that links every requirement to its evidence, and a bank of reusable policies tailored to your service. Here's what each one actually does.
The registered manager's guide to CQC's five key questions
Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive, Well-led: the five key questions are the one part of CQC assessment that isn't changing in 2026. Here's what each one actually asks, in plain terms, and how the evidence underneath it is structured.
What counts as evidence: a guide for practice nurses and clinicians
A folder of policies isn't evidence. CQC applies a three-part test to everything it looks at: does it exist, does it reflect current guidance, and do staff know it and follow it. Here's what that means day to day.
CQC 2026 for care home managers: what the new Adult Social Care framework means
CQC is retiring the one-size-fits-all Single Assessment Framework and replacing it with sector-specific frameworks, one of which is built specifically for adult social care. Here's what's actually changing for a care home, and what isn't.
What GP practice managers need to know about CQC's Primary Care & Community Services framework
One of CQC's four draft 2026 frameworks is built specifically for primary care. Here's what's distinctive about GP-practice evidence, and where most practices already have most of what they need without realising it.
The CQC compliance checklist for dental practices: decontamination, radiography and medical emergencies
Dental inspections probe three areas harder than anything else: decontamination, radiography, and medical emergency readiness. Here's what each actually requires, sourced from HTM 01-05, IRMER 2017 and the Resuscitation Council UK standards.
CQC is retiring the one-size-fits-all Single Assessment Framework. Here's what's replacing it.
After years of criticism that one assessment framework can't sensibly cover a care home and a hospital, CQC consulted on four sector-specific frameworks, closing 12 June 2026. Here's the change, in plain terms.