All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 141
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News
Home care services to have CQC inspections
Home care services are to be subject to inspection under a programme announced by the Care Quality Commission.
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Blogs
When customer care alone is not enough
Apparantly the saviour of public sector finances is better customer care. Is that really enough? Please hold while I connect you to an advisor.
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News
CQC chief executive Cynthia Bower: I'm not self-serving
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has said she underestimated the “turmoil” that would be involved in setting up the regulator. She admitted she should have decided to “wave a flag” calling for outside help rather than carrying on trying to do an “impossible job”.
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News
Protected training funds could increase, says Nicholson
NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has hinted that the £5bn pot of “ringfenced” training money could be expanded.
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News
Exclusive: Lansley on the CQC, integration, the reform risk register and commissioning
Andrew Lansley has told HSJ the Care Quality Commission is now running a “proactive and tough” inspection regime and revealed he does not favour further reorganisation of NHS regulation.
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News
DH Care Quality Commission review begins
The Care Quality Commission is being reviewed by the Department of Health in the first of a series of evaluations examing the performance and capability of arms length bodies.
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HSJ Local
Ex-Circle director plans 'significant changes' at NHS trust to tackle death rates
PERFORMANCE: High mortality rates at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust have demonstrated the need for “significant changes” to staffing and services, its recently appointed chief has told HSJ.
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News
Mid Staffs A&E to close at night
The accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital is to close overnight due to inadequate permanent medical cover.
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HSJ Local
Great Western reports wrong site surgery
PERFORMANCE: Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust has reported the occurence of a “never event”.
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HSJ Local
Interim James Paget chair warns of 'distractions'
PERFORMANCE: The interim chair of James Paget University FT has warned the trust must not let the row which unseated his predecessor “distract” it from patient care.
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News
CQC investigation finds improvements still needed at the Pilgrim Hospital
There is still a risk of patients “being exposed to poor care” at the Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
WORKFORCE: A troubled east London trust is to get extra support from clinicians on the capital’s Fellowships in Clinical Leadership scheme, formerly known as the Darzi Fellowship.
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HSJ Local
FT chair resigns after political pressure
WORKFORCE: The chair of James Paget University Hospitals FT has resigned after pressure from local politicians and GPs, claiming he was “seen politically as a hindrance to improving patient care”.
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HSJ Local
Trust hits back at 'scandalous' Mid Staffs comparison
PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospital FT has hit back at GPs and local politicians for making a “scandalous comparison” with Mid Staffordshire Hospital.
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HSJ Local
GPs blow the whistle on James Paget FT
PERFORMANCE: The health secretary will visit James Paget University Hospitals FT this week after GPs warned of “another Mid Staffs” if care is not improved at the hospital.
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HSJ Local
Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
WORKFORCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of its fourth chair since January 2010.
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HSJ Local
Second London reconfiguration approved
COMMERCIAL: The health secretary has approved the closure of services at King George Hospital in Ilford.
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Comment
No respite for East Midlands trusts despite CQC shortage
The Care Quality Commission has made no secret of its shortage of inspectors and funds. NHS leaders facing equally pressing financial concerns may see a respite from the regulator’s prying eyes as a blessing, but those in the East Midlands have had little chance to rejoice.
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News
Lansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care
Plans to “root out” problems in the care of older people will see hundreds of hospitals and care homes subject to higher numbers of unannounced checks.
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News
Protection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.