A few days ago a concern was raised that areas where hot hubs are being set up were being contacted by CQC staff saying that all practices were going to have to inform CQC of changes to their operating model.
We have been in discussions with CQC about this and have agreed a solution to the problem. They are statutorily required to maintain up to date information on service delivery and so did not feel they were able to waive the requirement completely. However, we have agreed that where a group of practices in a locality have worked together to set up a “hot hub” (ie a facility where patients of all practices can be seen FTF if they may be at higher risk of having coronavirus) then only the provider running the hot hub site need contact CQC.
They would need to submit a change to their Statement of Purpose (Part 3). I attach a pro forma for this that would satisfy the criteria and am happy for you to share this with your hot hubs and localities. Ultimately it is for the provider of the hot hub site to ensure that the suggested wording is appropriate and actually fits their circumstances, but I hope you will find this useful.
This should now be a 90 second job for 1 person in the locality.