Hospitals (secondary and specialist care) draft · key question
Caring
Staff involve and treat you with compassion, kindness, dignity and respect.
Draft, not the current assessment framework
CQC's secondary and specialist hospital care draft v0.6, published March 2026. The current quality statements remain in use.
3 proposed Caring KLOEs for hospitals
- 1Kindness, compassion and dignityAre people treated with kindness, empathy, compassion and respect, and is their privacy and dignity maintained?
- 2Person-centred careIs care and treatment delivered in a person-centred way?
- 3Independence, choice, and controlAre people empowered to maintain their independence and to make choices about their care and plans for their future, where they are able to?
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