The CQC introduced a new approach to inspecting and rating health and social care providers in 2013. Our report with the Alliance Manchester's Business School is the first major evaluation of this approach.
This paper is a formal response to the Department of Health’s consultation on the Report to Ministers from the DH Steering Group on the Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK.