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Find the evidence gaps before someone else does.

Review each proposed KLOE against what your service can explain and evidence today. Your answers stay in this browser. There is no overall score and no invented CQC rating.

Draft, not the current assessment framework

This is CQC's adult social care draft v9, dated 19 March 2026. The current quality statements remain in use while CQC pilots and evaluates the proposed framework.

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How to use it

  1. 1. Choose the honest evidence position, not the aspirational one.
  2. 2. Treat partial and unclear answers as prompts for review.
  3. 3. Print the gap list if you want to discuss it internally.

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Key question

Safe

0/7 reviewed

  1. 1

    Safety culture

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safety culture” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safety culture
  2. 2

    Managing risks during care and treatment

    Could your team explain its approach to “Managing risks during care and treatment” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Managing risks during care and treatment
  3. 3

    Safe systems, pathways and transitions

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safe systems, pathways and transitions” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safe systems, pathways and transitions
  4. 4

    Safeguarding

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safeguarding” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safeguarding
  5. 5

    Safe environments and infection prevention and control

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safe environments and infection prevention and control” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safe environments and infection prevention and control
  6. 6

    Safe staffing

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safe staffing” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safe staffing
  7. 7

    Safe medicines and treatments

    Could your team explain its approach to “Safe medicines and treatments” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Safe medicines and treatments

Key question

Effective

0/4 reviewed

  1. 8

    Assessing needs

    Could your team explain its approach to “Assessing needs” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Assessing needs
  2. 9

    Evidence-based care and equitable outcomes

    Could your team explain its approach to “Evidence-based care and equitable outcomes” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Evidence-based care and equitable outcomes
  3. 10

    Supporting people to live healthier lives

    Could your team explain its approach to “Supporting people to live healthier lives” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Supporting people to live healthier lives
  4. 11

    Consent to care and treatment

    Could your team explain its approach to “Consent to care and treatment” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Consent to care and treatment

Key question

Caring

0/3 reviewed

  1. 12

    Kindness, compassion and dignity

    Could your team explain its approach to “Kindness, compassion and dignity” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Kindness, compassion and dignity
  2. 13

    Person-centred care

    Could your team explain its approach to “Person-centred care” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Person-centred care
  3. 14

    Independence, choice and control

    Could your team explain its approach to “Independence, choice and control” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Independence, choice and control

Key question

Responsive

0/4 reviewed

  1. 15

    Care provision, integration and continuity

    Could your team explain its approach to “Care provision, integration and continuity” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Care provision, integration and continuity
  2. 16

    Listening to and responding to feedback

    Could your team explain its approach to “Listening to and responding to feedback” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Listening to and responding to feedback
  3. 17

    Timely and equitable access

    Could your team explain its approach to “Timely and equitable access” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Timely and equitable access
  4. 18

    Equity in experiences

    Could your team explain its approach to “Equity in experiences” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Equity in experiences

Key question

Well-led

0/6 reviewed

  1. 19

    Strategic direction

    Could your team explain its approach to “Strategic direction” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Strategic direction
  2. 20

    Workforce equity and culture

    Could your team explain its approach to “Workforce equity and culture” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Workforce equity and culture
  3. 21

    Capable and compassionate leaders

    Could your team explain its approach to “Capable and compassionate leaders” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Capable and compassionate leaders
  4. 22

    Governance and management

    Could your team explain its approach to “Governance and management” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Governance and management
  5. 23

    Partnerships and communities

    Could your team explain its approach to “Partnerships and communities” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Partnerships and communities
  6. 24

    Improvement, innovation and learning

    Could your team explain its approach to “Improvement, innovation and learning” and quickly show current evidence that supports what happens in practice?

    Your evidence position for Improvement, innovation and learning

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