In this report, you'll find the high level trends and themes from the last three months of our analysis of CQC GP Practice Inspection Reports. Here you can see what most commonly led to practices being awarded Outstanding, Requires Improvement, and Inadequate. You can also see the trends broken down by Key Question, and some thoughts on practical implications for GP practice and PCN managers.

In this monthly report, FPM looks in detail at what the CQC have publicly reported from their GP practice inspections during September 2026, all anonymised. We highlight great performance for those rated Outstanding, and also the reasons some practice's individual ratings were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. 

In this monthly report, FPM looks in detail at what the CQC have publicly reported from their GP practice inspections during August 2026, all anonymised. We highlight the reasons some practice's individual ratings were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. 

In this report, you'll find the high level trends and themes from the last three months of our analysis of CQC GP Practice Inspection Reports. Here you can see what most commonly led to practices being awarded Outstanding, Requires Improvement, and Inadequate. You can also see the trends broken down by Key Question, and some thoughts on practical implications for GP practice and PCN managers.

In this monthly report, FPM reviews the latest GP practice CQC inspections and highlights key CQC inspection findings from July 2026, all anonymised. We highlight some of the behaviours that won practices Outstanding ratings, and the reasons some practices were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. Do you recognise any of the observations the CQC picked up, either good or bad?

The Care Quality Commission’s regulatory overhaul has been years in the making, but 2026 is the year the changes truly land in primary care. For GP surgeries, PCNs and ICSs, the new model represents a fundamental shift: from episodic inspections to continuous assessment, from process‑checking to patient experience, and from isolated practice oversight to system‑wide accountability. Our Primary Care Correspondent gives his take.

In this monthly report, FPM reviews the latest GP practice CQC inspection reports and highlights key inspection findings from June 2026, all anonymised. We highlight some of the behaviours that won practices Outstanding ratings, and the reasons some practices were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. Do you recognise any of the observations the CQC picked up, either good or bad?

In this monthly report, FPM looks in detail at what the CQC have publicly reported from their GP practice inspections during May 2026, all anonymised. We highlight some of the behaviours that won practices Outstanding ratings, and the reasons some practices were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. Do you recognise any of the observations the CQC picked up, either good or bad?

In this monthly report, FPM looks in detail at what the CQC have publicly reported from their GP practice inspections during April 2026, all anonymised. We highlight some of the behaviours that won practices Outstanding ratings, and the reasons some practices were scored Requires Improvement, or Inadequate. Do you recognise any of the observations the CQC picked up, either good or bad?

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has launched a new CQC assessment programme for lower-risk GP practices rated Good or Outstanding. The initiative aims to increase the frequency of GP practice assessments while maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation and oversight.