All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 115
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HSJ Knowledge
The Johari window: The way to open up organisational improvement
This self-awareness tool can bring fresh perspectives
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News
NHS trusts 'non-compliant' with quality standards for over two years
The CQC has pinpointed more than 10 NHS trusts that have fallen short of its quality standards for over two years, potentially putting patients at risk of unsafe care
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HSJ Partners
The CQC is set to target GP practices
Guidelines on what to do when inspectors come to your practice
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HSJ Local
CQC praises mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have praised the care provided by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, desrcibing it as “responsive and effective”.
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News
Test could create blacklist for 'unfit' NHS directors, lawyers warn
The fit and proper person test for healthcare directors could lead to the creation of an ‘informal blacklist’ of senior managers and put regulators at risk of legal challenge, senior lawyers have warned.
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HSJ Partners
The new CQC armoury is falling into place
The regulations for providers to watch out for
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News
Keogh trusts have progressed one year on, says Richards
Strong leadership and good clinical engagement are the essential qualities for turning around failing trusts, chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has told HSJ.
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News
Inspection notice periods could treble
Hospitals, GP practices and care homes could see pre-inspection notice periods trebled under a new Care Quality Commission approach.
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News
CQC to slow inspections amid staff pressures
The Care Quality Commission has scaled back its inspection ambitions for the rest of 2014-15 as it seeks to ease pressure on its hard pressed workforce and struggles to recruit enough high calibre staff.
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HSJ Knowledge
How the CQC’s new hospital inspections measure up
What’s changed, what works and what doesn’t
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News
CQC drags Grant Thornton into libel court case
The regulator has lodged a High Court claim against Grant Thornton in a bid to curb potential losses from its imminent legal clash with its former deputy chief executive
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HSJ Local
Burton stays in special measures
PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands “Keogh trust” will remain in special measures after receiving a critical inspection report from the Care Quality Commission.
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News
Hunt dismisses Keogh trusts' finance struggles
Lack of money is no excuse for poor care, the health secretary has said
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News
‘Buddy’ trusts could double their money under bonus scheme
The leading hospitals ‘buddied’ with failing trusts under the special measures regime received some £1.5m to cover their costs last year.
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Comment
Transform district nursing to stop it facing extinction
The RCN says we might see its demise within 10 years
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HSJ Local
Colchester 'failed to tell CQC' about further waiting list allegations
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has criticised the trust at the centre of a scandal over cancer waiting data manipulation for failing to tell inspectors it had received further allegations of waiting lists being manipulated.
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HSJ Local
Delay to Mid Staffs dissolution could be 'disastrous', administrators warn
STRUCTURE: Failure to secure changes to services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust before winter could be “potentially disastrous” for the local health economy, the trust’s special administrators have claimed.
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News
Duty of candour extended to cover wider set of incidents
A statutory duty of candour in the NHS will cover a wider set of incidents than previously expected, and will force NHS trusts to apologise to affected patients, it has emerged.
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News
Two further Keogh trusts leave special measures
Two further trusts placed in regulatory “special measures” last summer have been removed from the regime, the health secretary announced today.
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News
CQC working on special measures regime for GPs
The Care Quality Commission is working on a “special measures” regime for GP practices, the body has confirmed.