title: New CQC standards for healthcare delivery.
abstract: Emeritus Professor Alan Gasper, at the University of Southampton, discusses the launch of the latest Care Quality Commission fundamental standards of care which are now the health and social care benchmarks. These new regulations became effective on 1 April 2015.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasper
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D007258:Informed Consent; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D006113:United Kingdom