In this month’s report, we build on the learning about good practice in infection prevention and control that we discussed in the last issue by focusing on care homes. We also present the key findings from a survey to understand the experience of inpatients who were discharged from hospital from April to May 2020, when the first wave of the pandemic was at its height.
We want these insight reports to help everyone involved in health and social care to work together to learn from the pandemic. This includes:
- sharing and reflecting on what has gone well
- understanding and learning from the experience of what hasn't
- helping health and care systems prepare better for the future.
Infection prevention and control in care homes
In this section, we share findings and good practice from our inspections of care homes in August 2020, which looked at how care homes managed infection prevention and control.
Section 1: Infection prevention and control in care homes
The experiences of hospital inpatients during the early stage of the pandemic
In this section, we present the key findings from a survey of inpatients to understand how people using hospital were affected when the first wave of the pandemic was at its height.
Section 2: The experiences of hospital inpatients during the early stage of the pandemic
Our data
In this issue, we update our regular data including:
- outbreaks and staff absences in homecare services
- numbers of deaths of people detained under the Mental Health Act
- numbers of deaths of people with a learning disability
- breakdown of deaths by ethnicity.
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Download the report
You can download a version of this report if you want to print or share it with your team.
Full reports
You can read our full report on infection prevention and control in care homes or the results of our survey of COVID-19 inpatients:
- How care homes managed infection prevention and control during the coronavirus pandemic 2020
- Inpatient experience during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Related news
You can also read our news stories about the publication of these reports:
- CQC publishes Infection Prevention and Control inspections report
- CQC reports on the findings of its coronavirus (COVID-19) inpatient experience survey
Previous issue
You can read the issue of the report that we published in September. This issue looked at how infection prevention and control and provider collaboration reviews.