{"id":34042,"date":"2024-02-22T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/?page_id=34042"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:25:26","slug":"the-inspection-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/devon-social-care\/adult-social-care-assurance\/cqc-inspection\/the-inspection-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The inspection team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Devon County Council is ready to respond to a notification from the Care Quality Commission at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A notification to submit an information return within three weeks was received on 10 February 2025. We received a second notification on 4 August 2025 which informed us our inspection visit will be in the week beginning 29 September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our step-up plan is designed to ensure we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>meet CQC requests for information<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are able to timetable and facilitate an inspection process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>can communicate to stakeholders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>are able to receive and respond to a CQC report including making any necessary improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our step-up team is ready to fulfil specific roles when called upon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Role<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Lead<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Deputy<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Responsibility<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Lead manager<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:damian.furniss@devon.gov.uk\">damian.furniss@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:sarah.aggett@devon.gov.uk\">sarah.aggett@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Governance<br>Coordination<br>Self-assessment<br>Liaison<br>Response<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project manager<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:tim.leishman@devon.gov.uk\">tim.leishman@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:mel.burke@devon.gov.uk\">mel.burke@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Timetabling<br>Facilities<br>Logistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Project support<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:lorna.cook@devon.gov.uk\">lorna.cook@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:keri.blake-burke@devon.gov.uk\">keri.blake-burke@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Support to lead manager<br>Support to project manager<br>Support to governance<br>Support to communications<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Communications<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:james.martin@devon.gov.uk\">james.martin@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:paul.giblin@devon.gov.uk\">paul.giblin@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Stakeholder communications<br>Briefing<br>Debriefing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Information return<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:rebecca.billing@devon.gov.uk\">rachel.oster@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:jeffrey.walker@devon.gov.uk\">jeff.walker@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Information return (documents)<br>Ad hoc information requests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data lead<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:james.gregory@devon.gov.uk\">james.gregory@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:duncan.lidstone@devon.gov.u\">duncan.lidstone@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Information return (data)<br>Ad hoc data requests<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Case tracking<\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:sarah.mackereth@devon.gov.uk\">sarah.mackereth@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"mailto:carolyne.hague@devon.gov.uk\">carolyne.hague@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/td><td>Case selection<br>Practice quality assurance<br>Case audit support<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other colleagues will be brought in to support the process as necessary and appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any details CQC wishes to share with us regarding their inspection team will be published here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon County Council is ready to respond to a notification from the Care Quality Commission at any time. 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