All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 101
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HSJ LocalChief executive of south east trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of East Sussex Healthcare Trust has resigned after councillors placed a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the organisation’s leadership.
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NewsNew safety investigation body 'will operate without fear or favour'
A new body to investigate clinical failure and incidents of patient harm in the NHS will “operate without fear or favour”, the government has said.
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NewsHunt intervention: NICE will review new body's safe staffing guidance
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt today intervened in the debate over safe staffing levels in the NHS, announcing future guidelines will be independently reviewed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsPatients to be told CQC ratings to encourage 'informed' hospital choice
Patients will be told the Care Quality Commission rating and waiting times for their local hospitals when making appointments through a new electronic booking system to encourage ‘truly informed’ patient choice, the health secretary has said.
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NewsNew body takes over NHS England safety responsibilities
NHS England’s safety function will be moved to the new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsHospital mortality rates 'should not be smoke alarm' for poor quality
The NHS should not use hospital-wide mortality rates as a ‘smoke alarm’ to identify poor quality hospitals, a major study has concluded.
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NewsNHS can be 'world leader' on patient safety, say healthcare leaders
The NHS can be a ‘world leader’ in many areas of patient safety but only if it starts taking immediate action to improve, healthcare leaders have said in a report published by HSJ today.
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NewsExclusive: Providers expected to use unofficial NICE staffing guidance
NHS providers may have to increase the number of nurses in emergency departments after regulators and the Department of Health suggested trusts need to consider new safe staffing evidence from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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NewsMinister: Hospitals that try to be 'islands of autonomy' will fail
The new minister for NHS productivity has warned that acute trusts will fail if they try to get through the coming NHS savings drive as ‘islands of autonomy’.
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NewsNHS should not move to 'blame free culture', says Lord Prior
The NHS has to make more effort to tackle bullying among staff, but should not move to a ‘blame free’ culture, according to health minister Lord Prior.
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NewsExclusive: Plan to combine regulators and safety in single 'new body'
Many of the functions of Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority are expected to be brought together in a single ‘new body’, which would also take on new patient safety and improvement work, HSJ has been told.
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SupplementsHSJ Clinical Leaders 2015
The Clinical Leaders for 2015 highlights 100 individuals whose clinical background is shaping the work that they do
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HSJ LocalTrust must remain in special measures, says regulator
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust should remain in special measures, the Care Quality Commission has recommended.
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Exclusive: Community and mental health trust chief to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust has announced that he will retire in January 2016.
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NewsMore than 60 managers have faced fit and proper complaints
A total of 65 NHS chief executives and senior board directors have been subject to complaints under fit and proper person regulations, HSJ can reveal.