All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 147
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Queen Victoria Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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18 week waiting target breached at Pennine Acute
PERFORMANCE: The trust breached its key Care Quality Commission waiting target in 2010-11, a review of its performance against business plan shows.
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RDaSH improves staff survey results
WORKFORCE: Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has improved its staff survey results.
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NewsFuture Forum recommends dilution of Monitor role and public accountability for consortia
The health secretary must remain “ultimately” accountable for the NHS, Monitor’s proposed role in promoting competition should be “diluted” and consortia must have a governing body that meets in public, the Future Forum has recommended.
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Great Western falls foul of CQC review
PERFORMANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has been ordered to improve arrangements for patient dignity and privacy following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentMichael White: Southern Cross is a victim of financial engineering
Things may finally be changing but, until the GMB union and Ed Miliband got stuck in this week, I have been repeatedly astonished by the failure to link the care homes crisis to the fate of Andrew Lansley’s bill.
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CommentMedia Watch: elderly care abuse revelations dominate discussion
The Daily Telegraph started the weekend with a rare morsel of good news for Andrew Lansley.
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York Hospitals FT praised in CQC dignity and nutrition review
PERFORMANCE: York Hospitals Foundation Trust has been praised in a Care Quality Commission review of its dignity and nutrition standards.
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Huddersfield FT meets standards in CQC dignity and nutrition review
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust compliant in an inspection of dignity and nutrition standards, but has recommended some improvements.
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CQC tells Barnsley Hospital to improve nutrition standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust to improve its nutrition standards following an inspection.
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NewsIndependent inquiry into care home abuse possible
The abuse of residents at a care home for people with learning disabilities exposed on television may receive an independent inquiry, the government has admitted.
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NewsNew adult care legislation to be pushed through
The introduction of legal protections for adults in care is to be brought forward following revelations of abuse at a Bristol residential hospital, the government has indicated.
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CQC finds care of elderly patients lacking at more trusts
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has criticised two trusts for not feeding elderly patients properly.
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NewsFour arrested over residential hospital 'abuse'
The operator of a residential hospital has apologised unreservedly and suspended a number of staff following allegations that carers routinely abused vulnerable adults with learning difficulties.
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St Helens and Knowsley failing to meet CQC standards on patient nutrition and hydration
PERFORMANCE: A targeted inspection by the Care Quality Commission found that the trust’s Whiston Hospital was not consistently supporting patients “to have adequate nutrition and hydration”, the regulator reported.
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Ipswich Hospital NHS trust found wanting by CQC
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Ipswich Hospital NHS trust was not meeting the essential standards it reviewed, as part of a nurse-led inspection on dignity and nutrition.
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CQC toned down criticism after Central Manchester FT took issue with draft report
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission toned down criticism in its recently published review of CMUH after the foundation took issue with the regulator’s draft version, a report to the foundation’s board claims.
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NewsMonitor and CQC complementary, regulator's chief insists
Monitor’s chief operating officer has defended the need for a separate economic regulator of the NHS in his evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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UCLH commits to financial risk rating of at least three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The central London foundation trust pledged to stay in the lowest three categories of financial risk maintained by FT regulator Monitor - despite challenges from commissioners.
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NewsCQC attacks NHS elderly care levels
Inspections into care standards have raised serious concerns about the way NHS hospitals treat elderly people.