Self-audit: “Safe”: 4. Safe Use of Medicines

Understanding the Regulatory Framework

To carry out the self-audit it is important to study and understand the regulatory framework used by the CQC in its inspections. The following table shows the links between the Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOEs) used to award a quality rating and the corresponding regulations (“fundamental standards”), which if breached will result in CQC enforcement actions.

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