• CQC is changing to a “monthly monitoring approach” and still developing this as they go along
• This approach will be a monthly review of the information they hold, together with any other intelligence and reports sent to them
• Primary care dental services and NHS trusts are left till last.
• Main objective is to focus and prioritise targets

What this means is that Providers will be reporting to an Inspector 12 times a year instead of the usual expectation of an inspection once every 3 to 5 years