How to Respond to a CQC Report & Appeals (2026)
The CQC letter you put as QR code on your front door and the rating you're building a PR response round both start from the same place — the published inspection report. Here's the exact timeline for responding, what you actually can and can't correct, when to challenge a factual error versus when to submit a representation, your appeal (and rating-review) rights, and the trap of posting a 70% positive report to the wall while the 30% that says 'requires improvement' stays quietly in your own inbox.