All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 118
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SupplementsWorkforce: Why the key to people is planning
The art of deploying locums and other temporary staff
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CommentMake the missing link between quality, workforce and data
We shouldn’t consider datasets in isolation
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay placed in special measures
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has been put into special measures after it was rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Stafford Hospital safety review triggered by doctor shortage
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has been called in to inspect Stafford Hospital following concerns its shortage of doctors has spread, causing more services to become ‘fragile’.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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NewsCQC chief pledges action on inspection workloads
CQC chief executive David Behan has acknowledged that the heavy workloads of the new inspection regime have had a “negative impact” on staff morale
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NewsNHS restructure was a 'step backwards' for IVF services, watchdog says
The coalition’s radical reshaping of the health service has been a “step backwards” for the commissioning of fertility services in the NHS, the chair of the national fertility watchdog has said.
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HSJ LocalBuckinghamshire Healthcare exits special measures
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has become the second trust to leave the special measures regime.
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HSJ LocalRecruitment struggle spells end for franchise rescue
The struggle of England’s smallest acute trust to recruit consultants played a major role in the decision to ditch its search for an independent sector management franchise to take it over, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalCQC to conduct 'urgent' safety review at Stafford Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to undertake an “urgent review” of safety at Stafford Hospital after the special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust raised concerns about the “fragility” of services at the troubled provider.
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NewsCCGs respond poorly to CQC pre-inspection requests
The majority of clinical commissioning groups are failing to relay concerns about their providers to the Care Quality Commission before inspections are carried out, denying the watchdog intelligence about the quality of hospital services.
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NewsExclusive: CQC set to take on patient safety from NHS England
The Care Quality Commission has been asked to consider taking on the patient safety role from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalColchester suspends employee over cancer data probe
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has begun a disciplinary investigation and suspended a member of staff in relation to alleged wrongful manipulation of cancer patients’ waiting time data.
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HSJ LocalAction against GP practice following CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is taking action against a GP practice in Kent after an inspection alleged that medicines were not stored safely and patients’ privacy was not protected.
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HSJ PartnersRegulators need to bring more clarity to leadership ratings
There are too many uncertainties still
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust given three warning notices by CQC
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership Trust has been given three warning notices by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found it had “failed to protect the welfare of patients” on one of its dementia wards.
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NewsRobert Francis joins Care Quality Commission
Robert Francis is to join the board of the Care Quality Commission, the regulator is set to announce.
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NewsExclusive: 'Exhausted' inspectors raise concerns about unsustainable CQC regime
Inspectors feel like they are part of a “lynch mob not a serious regulator”, and “used, deflated and exhausted”
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HSJ Local
Troubled mental health unit 'improving'
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have told the trust running an inpatient mental health centre where an 18-year-old man avoidably died last year that it is “improving”, following an unannounced inspection.