The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Regulators’ Pioneer Fund has awarded the Care Quality Commission (CQC) £500,000 to explore how they can work with providers to encourage good models of innovation.

The funding draws on CQC’s commitment to co-production and learning from providers, while maintaining people’s right to safe, high-quality care.

The project’s new funding will allow CQC to investigate and trial new ways of engagement with innovative providers to meet the needs of a rapidly ageing population, while CQC ensure patient safety is met.

Ian Trenholm, chief executive of CQC, said: “We have always been committed to developing our approach to regulation alongside providers. As technology is becoming an integral part of the way care is delivered we need to make sure our approach supports innovative new services.

“Just as people’s needs and expectations of care are changing, so are the innovative ways that providers can support them. Regulation has to keep pace with and encourage progress – while making sure that people receive the safe, high-quality care they deserve, regardless of how it is delivered.”

Greg Clark, Business Secretary for BEIS, said: “These projects will further strengthen our regulatory system and ensure that it keeps pace with the innovation and technological advances needed to power our economy now and in the future.”