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Governance Hour


Governance Hour is Elizabeth Care Consulting’s live learning and support route for care homes, nursing homes, domiciliary care agencies, registered managers, quality leads and provider leaders.


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Providers need space to understand governance, not just another document


Governance is not solved by having policies saved in a folder.

Providers need to understand how daily care activity turns into evidence. For example incidents, audits, feedback, staff checks, complaints, action plans, reviews and improvements.

Why the Governance Hour exists

CQC governance can be difficult to work through alone

Many providers know governance matters, but still feel unsure about what good evidence should look like in practice.

The challenge is not always a lack of care or effort but is often knowing how to connect daily service activity to the evidence CQC may expect to see.

That includes questions such as

Are your audits leading to action?

Are incidents creating learning?

Are risks being reviewed properly?

Are complaints and feedback being used?

Is staff competence being evidenced clearly?

Are leaders reviewing the right information?

Would our governance trail make sense if challenged?

What the Governance Hour covers

Governance Hour covers topics such as CQC readiness, Regulation 17 good governance, supportive evidence, accountability and transparency trails, internal mock audits, incident review, safeguarding escalation, audit follow-up, action tracking, quality monitoring, staff competency evidence, complaints and feedback, learning loops, how to use ECC’s free tools and when the Governance Compliance Suite may be useful.

What to expect

You can expect a plain English explanation, practical governance examples, discussions around CQC readiness themes, guidance around evidence and accountability, signposting to relevant ECC tools, support understanding where the Suite may fit and clearer next steps after the session.

Who it's for

Registered managers

Deputy managers

Care home providers

Nursing home providers

Domiciliary care agencies

Supported living providers

Nominated individuals

Provider directors

Quality leads

Compliance leads

New providers preparing for registration

Care professionals using the free CQC tools

Providers considering the Governance Compliance Suite

What the Governance Hour is not

The Governance Hour is not an official CQC assessment, a full mock inspection, legal or regulatory advice, a guarantee of any CQC rating, a guarantee of any inspection outcome, hands-on operational consultancy, direct operational work inside your service or a replacement for registered provider responsibilities.

Consent note

Governance Hour places may be limited.

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Our Governance Hour

Governance Hour is Elizabeth Care Consulting’s live learning and support route for care leaders who want practical guidance on CQC readiness, governance evidence and use of the available tools.

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