We have now published two further prototype reports looking at how we might assess the quality of care in a local area in order to encourage improvement.

Looking across an area helps us explore, on behalf of people using services, whether local health and care services are working together in ways that reflect people's needs.

The project that has resulted in these reports on Salford and Tameside was designed to find out if we would be able to form a view about quality across an area as a whole. We recognise that our existing regulation of individual care providers, such as hospitals, care homes or GP services, needs to develop to reflect the changing ways in which care is being delivered.