We have joined together with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to create guidance for inspectors and assessors.

The guidance, created with the help of our Voices for Equality and Human Rights group, will help to ensure robust scrutiny of human rights issues within our essential standards of quality and care.

Inspectors and assessors will be able to look to this guidance when they monitor providers according to our standards and registration requirements.

Included in the new guidance is:

• an overview of how our essential standards relate to equality and human rights law and what inspectors and assessors should do if they think it has been breached
• information about equality and human rights for each of the key sections of our essential standards
• detailed charts which map the equality and human rights dimensions of the essential standards

We encourage people who use services, providers, commissioners and any other interested party to get involved with this consultation.

Please send your responses by 12 November 2010.

Accessible versions

Please contact Lucy Wilkinson at CQC or Sam Pryke at EHRC to discuss your requirements.

Send your responses

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http://www.cqc.org.uk/yourviews/consultations/equalityandhumanrightsguid...