All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 156
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NewsBasildon 'guilty' over patient death
Officials at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust in Essex have today pleaded guilty to health and safety failings that led to the death of a patient with learning disabilities.
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NewsRescue plan for ailing hospitals in doubt
The government’s aspiration for foundation trusts to take over failing hospitals appears in significant doubt, a month away from the deadline for agreeing the future for all acutes.
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NewsInvestigation into NHS regulation announced
An investigation into NHS regulation and performance management is being launched, health secretary Andy Burnham has announced.
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NewsCQC will register Mid Staffs but with caveats
The Care Quality Commission says it intends to add Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to its new register – but with conditions.
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NewsTameside Hospital faces regulator scrutiny
Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust is to face a raft of reviews into its services and operations in response to public concerns about high death rates and poor hygiene standards.
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NewsCQC fears over mental health safeguards
The Care Quality Commission is looking for urgent “levers” to strengthen legal safeguards it fears are failing to protect vulnerable mental health patients.
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LeaderBurying the NHS mortality row will clear the way for quality push
The Department of Health is trying to get a grip on the toxic issue of hospital standardised mortality ratios.
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NewsBed numbers will dictate CQC registration fees
Plans for charging trusts to register with the Care Quality Commission are going ahead despite warnings they are “fraught with potential risk”.
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CommentCally Bann: funding gap
Call me old fashioned, but if you ask me, the difference between 240 and 260 is 20. Which is what I call a gap.
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NewsTrusts face hard task to achieve 18-week ‘right’
Trusts are facing a difficult six weeks before the promised right for patients to be treated within 18 weeks comes into force on 1 April, at the likely start of a general election campaign.
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NewsCQC reports 'pockets of poor performance'
Care watchdog’s first annual report warns that rising demand and cash pressures make reform inevitable
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NewsMPs demand management changes at Tameside
Health secretary Andy Burnham has asked regulators to investigate Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust after local MPs demanded management changes.
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NewsPCTs told to review management of out of hours care
Primary care trusts have been told to review the way they oversee their arrangements for out of hours GP services to “ensure they are robust and fit for purpose”.
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NewsOnly two trusts miss CQC application deadline
All but two trusts submitted their Care Quality Commission registration applications on time, the regulator has told HSJ.
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NewsStroke action falls short of CQC standards
Many stroke patients are still not spending enough of their hospital stay on a specialist stroke unit or having a brain scan within 24 hours, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
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NewsCQC registration ‘fraught with risk’
Plans for charging NHS organisations to register with the Care Quality Commission are “fraught with potential risks” and should be postponed for at least a year, the NHS Confederation is urging.
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NewsFears over staff vetting and barring scheme
A registration scheme to protect vulnerable people will force managers to make moral judgements about people’s lifestyles and place a “significant” financial burden on the NHS, HSJ has been told.
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NewsEast Midlands Ambulance Service Trust given clean bill of health
East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been given a clean bill of health after a repeat hygiene inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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CommentNeil Churchill: advice for managers on giving criticism
As a manager, you are meant to give three pieces of praise for every piece of criticism. That’s the minimum ratio experts believe is effective in encouraging good performance.