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What changed this month on the CQC pages your policies depend on

27 pages, fetched and compared as text. Last checked 16 October 2026. This is the public sample of the upkeep plan's change log.

Baseline taken on 16 October 2026. The first text comparison runs next month.

We compare the page text, not the "page last updated" date. If a date moves but the words do not, we say so rather than counting it as a change. Nothing to report means nothing to report.

Change log

Entries a person has read and checked. Upkeep plan members get these by email with the policy to change named.

16 Oct 2026 · Staff training plan Date only

CQC's page date moved to 16 October 2026; the wording did not change

The 'page last updated' date on CQC's staff training plan guidance changed from 10 August 2026 to 16 October 2026. We compared the page text line by line with our 15 October copy: no words changed. Action for your policy: none.

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16 Oct 2026 · Evidence of legal occupancy Date only

Page date moved to 16 October 2026; the wording did not change

Same pattern: the date changed from 30 September 2026, the text did not. This is why the change log reports text differences, not dates. A moved date on its own is not a reason to rewrite anything.

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16 Oct 2026 · All 27 pages Baseline

Baseline taken: 27 CQC and legislation pages saved as text

From here on, every month we fetch each page again and compare the text. Changes appear on this page with the exact lines that moved, and upkeep plan members get a note saying which policy it touches.

The pages we watch

The date shown is CQC's own "page last updated" date as read on 16 October 2026. A moved date is a prompt to compare the text, not a change in itself.

PageTouchesCQC page date
Documents everyone must sendThe core list10 August 2026
What each document must includeEvery document15 June 2026
Extra documents: home care agenciesThe home care list15 June 2026
Extra documents: supported livingThe supported living list15 June 2026
Personal care registration for homecare agenciesApplication guide1 July 2025
Homecare agencies: before you applyApplication guide7 January 2026
Homecare agencies: how to applyApplication guide12 May 2026
Register as a providerApplication guide25 August 2026
Statement of purposeStatement of purpose25 March 2026
Regulations for service providers and managersEvery policy7 July 2025
The 2014 Regulations on legislation.gov.ukEvery policyno date on page
CQC guidance: Complaints policyComplaints policy3 February 2026
CQC guidance: Consent policyConsent policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Equality, diversity and human rights policyEquality, diversity and human rights policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Governance and quality assurance policiesGovernance and quality assurance policies2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Infection prevention and control policyInfection prevention and control policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Medicines management policyMedicines management policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Recruitment policyRecruitment policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Safeguarding policySafeguarding policy9 February 2026
CQC guidance: Statement of purpose (document guidance)Statement of purpose2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Service user guidesService user guides2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Staff training planStaff training plan16 October 2026
CQC guidance: Business plan and financial forecastBusiness plan and financial forecast30 September 2026
CQC guidance: Evidence of legal occupancyEvidence of legal occupancy16 October 2026
CQC guidance: Public and employers liability insurancePublic and employers liability insurance30 September 2026
CQC guidance: Positive behaviour support policyPositive behaviour support policy2 February 2026
CQC guidance: Restraint policyRestraint policy7 August 2026
How this works. A script saves each page as plain text (navigation, scripts and styling stripped) and keeps a dated copy. Next month it fetches again and lists lines added or removed. A person reads each difference and writes the entry you see above, naming which policy it touches. Pages that return an error are listed as unreachable, not as unchanged.
Get the note, not just the page.Upkeep plan members get a dated entry for every real change, the policy it touches, and the refreshed policy every 4 months or straight away for a critical change.
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