Dr Clare Sieber

To complement the second of TMMT’s ‘Let’s Make Lemonade’ CQC ‘Safe’ webinars, this blog explores the CQC quality statement of ‘ Safe systems, Pathways and Transitions’.

The first of TMMT’s ‘Let’s Make Lemonade’ CQC ‘Safe’ webinar series has kicked off this week, this blog will summarise the key points from the ‘Safe’ Key Question of the CQC’s Assessment Framework, and the first Quality Statement that sits beneath it: Learning Culture. 

It can seem like the CQC is in a constant state of flux nowadays. The ‘Single Assessment Framework’ only came into force two years ago, and since then the CQC has itself been rated as ‘inadequate’ by the Dash Review and undergone significant restructuring. As we enter 2026, we are hearing yet again that change is afoot, so let us summarise what differences we are going to see over the next couple of years (insofar as we can predict!).