All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 33
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HSJ LocalInvestigation launched into 'inappropriate behaviour' by trust security staff
An investigation has been launched into three incidents at a North West acute trust involving security staff and alleged “inappropriate behaviour” towards vulnerable patients.
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NewsHancock decries ‘layers of management peering over staff’s shoulders’
The health and social care secretary has set out his ambition to build an NHS culture where staff are trusted to use their own judgement, rather than having ‘layers of management peering over their shoulder’.
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NewsInvestigations into alleged assaults on patients at private hospital
Two staff have been suspended from a major provider of mental health inpatient care, with alleged assaults of patients also being reported to the police.
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NewsWatchdog probes management of major private provider
A government regulator is investigating concerns over the management of a major mental health provider, HSJ can confirm.
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NewsJuniors breach 72-hour week at trust with previous training concerns
Trainee doctors at a special measures trust worked more than 72 hours in one week after being asked to do seven 10-hour shifts in a row.
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HSJ LocalNHS should ‘never return’ to tariff system, says top trust CEO
A leading chief executive in Greater Manchester says the block contracting arrangements introduced in March should remain in place beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsUnit put into special measures after ‘inadequate’ rating
A low secure unit for people with learning disabilities and autism has been put into special measures after inspectors found the use of restraint and segregation affected the quality of life for some patients.
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NewsTrust to test all 9,000 staff for covid within five days
A trust with a very high covid-19 death rate is to test all of its staff over the next five days in an attempt to identify those who have the disease but don’t know it.
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NewsCQC intervenes at GP practice run by struggling firm
A company which had a community dermatology contract suspended last month has had a group of surgeries covering 27,500 patients closed by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrust with record covid deaths asks NHSE for help
The hospital trust which has been recording the largest number of covid deaths for several weeks has asked NHS England and NHS Improvement for help with infection control.
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NewsNHS ‘overcrowded with regulators’, says watchdog
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has warned of an “overcrowding of regulators”, following proposals made by the Cumberlege report for a new independent patient safety commissioner.
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HSJ LocalMP says hospital merger has ‘disadvantaged’ town
Colchester hospital has been chosen over Ipswich to host a new £44m elective orthopaedic centre, prompting East Suffolk politicians to allege their local provider has deteriorated since the two hospitals merged and urging a re-think.
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NewsCovid deaths at single trust nearly double that of any other provider
A single trust has recorded 90 per cent more covid-related deaths than any other NHS provider over the last month, an analysis by HSJ shows.
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NewsTrust failed to complete 21 instructions from safety review
Only two out of 23 recommendations from a royal college review into a trust’s troubled maternity services can be shown to be fully implemented, a new investigation has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Complaints about ‘manner’ of CQC chief before short-lived resignation
Senior mental health leaders complained about the ‘manner’ in which a senior Care Quality Commission inspector had talked about challenges facing the sector – one week before he announced his resignation to staff, it has emerged.
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NewsCQC inspector changes mind two days after quitting
The Care Quality Commission’s mental health lead inspector has decided to stay in post, two days after announcing his resignation to staff, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: the first 11 healthcare systems to be judged on collaboration
The Care Quality Commission has launched rapid reviews of how well local health systems are collaborating.
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NewsTwo deaths at 'not fit for purpose' unit sparks CQC action
The Care Quality Commission staged an unannounced inspection after two deaths at a mental health unit which it had condemned as “not fit for purpose.”
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NewsMerger set to create region’s first mega trust
Two trusts have announced plans for a full merger creating a mega trust with a turnover of more than £1bn a year — the first in their region.