All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 16
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NewsCQC triggers two reviews into whistleblowing concerns
The Care Quality Commission has commissioned an independent review into handling of a high-profile whistleblower case, and a wider internal review of how it responds when it is given “information of concern”.
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NewsSenior managers at major trust ‘disempowered’, warns external review
Senior managers at a major teaching trust felt ‘disempowered’ in a risk-averse culture that hindered decision making, according to an independent review obtained by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust CEO drafted in to advise crisis-hit neighbour
A senior acute chief executive with extensive experience of managing a special measures provider has been appointed to an advisory role at the NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Coffey warned of ‘significant risk’ posed by CQC restructuring
Staff at the Care Quality Commission have been left ‘in fear of speaking out’ against structural changes to the organisation which they believe ‘pose a significant risk’ to the CQC’s ability to regulate health services, trade unions have told the health and social care secretary.
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NewsHospital rated ‘inadequate’ after death prompts inspection
A private hospital has been rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog following an inspection prompted by a young patient’s preventable death.
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News‘Gross’ care delays could become ‘new normal’, says CQC report
The Care Quality Commission today urged system leaders to move away from “quick fixes” to the “enormous gap in resources and capacity” in urgent and emergency care.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust could be split after crucial CQC inspection, sources warn
An imminent inspection of a special measures trust’s leadership could prompt the provider to be broken up, senior figures have warned.
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NewsLawyers warned trust that staff could ‘pick and choose’ documents for coroners
An ambulance trust accused of withholding key evidence from coroners was previously warned its staff needed training to ‘understand the real risk of committing criminal offences’ in relation to inquests into patient deaths.
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HSJ PartnersTrusts take advantage of the upgrade in incident software
The new Incident Oversight can help teams identify trends, exceptions and problem hot spots faster, improve local analysis and enable staff to quickly plan, deliver and track assured actions with more confidence.
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CommentThe uncomfortable truth about the CQC
An employment tribunal has just found the Care Quality Commission guilty of unfairly dismissing a whistleblower. Roger Kline examines the case and is implications.
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HSJ LocalWomen wait days for induced labour in troubled maternity service
A troubled acute trust has been sent a further warning notice after inspectors found severe shortages of midwives were causing dangerous delays to labour inductions.
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News‘Complete’ recruitment freeze ordered at NHSE and CQC
The health secretary has told NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, and other national agencies to implement a freeze on almost all recruitment.
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News‘Cut consultancy spend’ Barclay tells NHSE
Ministers have told NHS England and other national bodies to urgently cut their spending on management consultancy services by at least a fifth.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The NHS is delivering care from the dark ages
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
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NewsStaff shortages force most trusts to suspend NHSE maternity care model
More than two-thirds of trusts have been forced to suspend or pause a high-profile service improvement aimed at reducing neonatal and maternal deaths, because of widespread staffing shortages.
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NewsFormer chief inspector set to chair safety watchdog
The former chief inspector of hospitals has been named the government’s preferred candidate to chair the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
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NewsLeaked report shows ‘long-standing’ bullying and discrimination within national agency
Internal documents show significant evidence of bullying and discrimination within NHS Blood and Transplant which dates back at least eight years, when the organisation was led by the current chief executive of the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrust criticised for ‘extreme positivity’ and drops two ratings to ‘inadequate’
Senior leaders of an ambulance trust have been told their ‘extreme positivity’ has made them appear ‘out of touch’ as the Care Quality Commission downgraded the organisation’s rating to ‘inadequate’.
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HSJ LocalLack of ‘psychological safety’ at trust with ‘acceptance of poor behaviours’
An acute trust has “palpable” cultural problems and staff “at all levels” have described an acceptance of “poor behaviours”, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsLight-touch scrutiny during covid gave ‘freedom’ to improve, says retiring CEO
The CEO of a mental health trust that recently moved out of the successor to ‘special measures’ is to retire early next year after more than 40 years in the NHS.