Publications

Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2023/24

Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2023/24

13 March 2025

This report sets out CQC’s activity and findings from our engagement with people who are subject to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) as well as a review of services registered to assess, treat and care for people detained using the MHA.

Recent publications

State of Care 2023/24

Our annual report on health care and adult social care in England

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National review of maternity services in England 2022 to 2024

This report presents the findings from our recent national maternity inspection programme.

Review of CQC's single assessment framework and its implementation

This review by Professor Sir Mike Richards was commissioned by our board. It looks at changes we made following the publication of our new strategy in 2021 and their impact.

All publications

Types of publication

CQC publications

Major reports

We publish regular reports on care in England as well as our corporate activities.

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Surveys

We collect feedback on the experiences of people using NHS services.

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Themes in health and social care

These projects focus on areas such as types of care, particular groups of people or care pathways.

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External reports and research

Findings of reports about us or research we've commissioned.

State of Care

Read State of Care, our annual assessment of health and social care in England.

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