CQC have published two new pieces of guidance to help providers prepare for the new assessment approach.

Overview of our assessment process

They've published a quick guide to give an overview of how assessments will work under their new approach. They want this guide to help illustrate the different parts of their assessment approach and what each will feel for providers.

How the assessment process will work

The level at which CQC will rate

This guidance describes the levels will publish ratings for and how that differs for specific types of services. The guidance also describes how CQC will aggregate ratings across different levels.

Levels and ratings