All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 142
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News
CQC inspector: regulator would not necessarily 'spot a Mid Staffs'
A Care Quality Commission inspector has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry the regulator would not necessarily “spot another Mid Staffordshire”, contradicting earlier evidence given to the inquiry by CQC chair Dame Jo Williams.
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News
CQC non-exec to blow the whistle at Mid Staffs inquiry
Two new Care Quality Commission whistleblowers - including one board member - have been called to give evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
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Leader
Make an ‘impossible job’ easier by following a NICE example
“I don’t mind people thinking I’m incompetent, although I don’t want them to,” Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower told HSJ this week.
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News
Ministers focus on older people's care ahead of Operating Framework launch
Ministers are stressing the importance of supporting care for older people as they prepare to release the NHS Operating Framework today.
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News
Exclusive: Dr Foster names 10 trusts overlooking fast recovery processes
Ten hospital trusts which do not follow evidence-based processes for fast recovery from surgery have been named by Dr Foster Intelligence.
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Comment
Michael White: ministers' fears of a CQC tick box regime
Hurt feelings are easy to detect in the system as the winter nights draw in. Officials at the Care Quality Commission sound hurt at what they feel is unfair media treatment of their efforts to ensure the super-regulator is fit for purpose.
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News
Uniting HealthWatch with CQC a 'mistake', says advisory group
The decision to make HealthWatch England part of the Care Quality Commission is a “mistake”, according to a group advising on the proposals.
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HSJ Local
Improvements claim at Morecambe maternity unit
PERFORMANCE: The trust running a maternity unit at the centre of a police investigation has said it has made “significant improvements” ahead of today’s deadline to raise standards or possibly face closure.
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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.