All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 148
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NewsMonitor predicts 20 FT contract disputes
Rows over 2010-11 contracts could increase foundation trusts’ risk ratings by the end of this year, Monitor has predicted.
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HSJ Local
Whipps Cross told to address concerns on maternity staffing
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issued a report outlining “moderate” concerns about some standards at Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust.
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HSJ Local
CQC warns East Sussex Hospitals over staffing levels
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has given East Sussex Hospitals Trust until the end of the month to improve staffing levels.
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HSJ KnowledgeA helping hand for NHS values: leadership needs to reinvigorate culture of care
Last month’s health ombudsman’s report revealed how the NHS has the potential to fall dramatically short of its values and commitments when the principles of care are forgotten. Leadership needs to step in now, suggests Gemma Pearson, to create a culture of care that will ensure repeat incidents are avoided.
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NewsMonitor 'happy' with Mid Staffs death toll
A former board director at Mid Staffordshire has spoken of his “amazement” that Monitor did not pick up on the hospital’s problems during its authorisation process to become a foundation trust.
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NewsNHS staff feel excluded amid growing job security fears
The majority of NHS staff feel senior managers exclude them in decision making, according to the 2010 NHS staff survey.
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NewsHinchingbrooke failing to protect patients, says CQC
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust is failing to protect patients from “unsafe or inappropriate care, treatment and support”, the Care Quality Commission has ruled
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HSJ Local
Southend FT responds to CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Southend University FT has responded to concerns over safety at the trust raised by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
Mental health unit delayed after PCT fails to organise registration
COMMERCIAL: The opening of new mental health facility in Devon has been held up after a primary care trust failed to organise its registration with the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
CQC demands improvement action at Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told the partnership trust to take action to improve services.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire finds no 'shortcomings' following mortality alert
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire FT has said that a review triggered by a mortality alert found there were not “evident shortcomings in care” at the trust.
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HSJ Local
CQC warns Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mental health FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT that if it does not take immediate steps to improve standards of its mental health services, enforcement action may follow.
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NewsCQC warning over safety of maternity services at trust
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has been warned after inspectors found it was not ensuring the safety of women in its maternity unit.
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NewsLincolnshire acute trust threatened with prosecution on care failings
Inspectors have threatened a hospital trust in Lincolnshire with shutting down services or prosecution after identifying a series of problems with the standard of care offered.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds Oxford Radcliffe has more work to do on four essential standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust is complying with 12 out of the 16 registration standards.
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HSJ Local
CQC to inspect Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has informed Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust that inspectors will be carrying out a planned review.
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NewsCQC identifies concerns at Lincolnshire mental health FT
A mental health foundation trust in Lincolnshire has been told to address “major concerns” relating to the safety of its premises for patients.
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NewsChief fires back after damning CQC report
A chief executive whose trust received a damning Care Quality Commission inspection report has criticised the regulator for ignoring the “bigger picture”.
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NewsCQC threatens mental health FT with enforcement action over failings
Inspectors have called for urgent improvements at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust after finding it to be in breach of five essential standards.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Teaching PCT delays opening of new building after failing to organise CQC registration
STRUCTURE: A building Plymouth Teaching PCT plans to use for children and adolescent mental health services will not open on time as it has not been registered with Care Quality Commission.