CQC update: An update for professionals working in local authorities and integrated care systems – 07 October 2024

Sir Julian Hartley will be appointed as CQC’s new Chief Executive

Sir Julian Hartley will be appointed as the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) new Chief Executive.

Sir Julian has been the Chief Executive of NHS Providers since February 2023, prior to which he had a distinguished career as Chief Executive of several organisations, most recently 10 years as Chief Executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.      

Sir Julian’s start date is yet to be confirmed. The selection process for Sir Julian’s recruitment was led by CQC’s Chair with the involvement of the non-executive members of CQC’s Board, following open competition. 

Re-building a trusted approach to our regulation

We have set out how we will drive the improvements needed to re-build trust in our regulation. 

This involves making immediate changes to support our response to the recommendations in the interim report from Dr Penny Dash and to improve our ways of working ahead of the publication of the final report. These changes will help us to deliver:

• a clear and transparent programme of assessment and ratings
• quicker and more effective registration and assessments of providers
• simpler and clearer reports.

Visit our website to read a summary of the immediate changes we are making. We will share more details soon of what is happening and when. This will include further information on the frequency of assessment and when we expect to carry out more assessments.

We have published the reports from our pilot assessments of 2 integrated care systems (ICSs) that volunteered to participate in helping us test our approach. They are:

Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System

Dorset Integrated Care System