All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 128
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HSJ Local
Surgicentre taken over by NHS following safety concerns
A privately-run surgical centre is to be taken over by the NHS following repeated complaints about patient safety.
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NewsCQC 'brutally discredited' Bower and Finney
Former Care Quality Commission executives were “hung out to dry” by a “flawed process” after chief executive David Behan ignored warnings about potential problems with the work of an independent review, it has been alleged.
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NewsDorrell: CQC failed on 'independence of action'
The chairman of the Commons health committee has revealed his concerns over the relationship between the Care Quality Commission and the parliamentary health service ombudsman.
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NewsBullying 'entrenched' at CQC
Senior health and social care professionals who join the Care Quality Commission are more likely to be subject to bullying than other employees, an internal review commissioned by the regulator has found.
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CommentWhat makes a successful regulatory body?
Securing success and fuelling failure in the drive to improve healthcare
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to fix the NHS's crisis of moral leadership
How the NHS can create more ethical organisations
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NewsTrusts seek thousands of frontline staff in 'short-term fix'
Foundation trusts aim to spend £500m recruiting 10,000 additional frontline clinical staff this year as a short term fix before cutting the workforce by almost 30,000 in the following two years, their latest plans show.
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NewsAnalysed: The future of acute services in east Berkshire
This week’s briefing examines the future of acute services at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust
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CommentHealthwatch's voice key to shaping the NHS
The new body should be regarded as a regulator of health and social care
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Dartford in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
CQC report could cause Frimley Park to 'walk away' from takeover
STRUCTURE: A damning report about the standard of care at the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust could scupper a potential takeover from a neighbouring provider.
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NewsCQC appoints social care chief inspector
The Care Quality Commission has announced the appointment of its first chief inspector for social care.
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HSJ Local
CQC warns Plymouth Hospitals over surgical safety for second time
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has been issued with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after a two week inspection identified concern that theatres at Derriford Hospital were under too much pressure.
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NewsChief inspector plans 'small army' to target hospitals
Eighteen acute NHS trusts are to be inspected by the CQC in the first wave of inspections under the chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ Local
CQC accuses Southend of unsafe care
PERFORMANCE Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is failing in a raft of core areas and exposing patients to unsafe and undignified care, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
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LeaderEmployers should decide who is 'fit and proper'
The CQC must instead focus on quality of care
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Consultancy faces conflict allegation over CQC report
The consultancy which found no evidence of an improper relationship between two regulators implicated in the Morecambe Bay care scandal has been accused of a conflict of interest.
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BlogsMy own experience of a report 'cover up'
I was told my report identifying serious concerns at one organisation could not be made public