All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 38
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NewsStevens: Trainee nurses to join coronavirus fight
Third year undergraduate trainee nurses will be invited into clinical practice to support the coronavirus effort, while routine care quality inspections are “going to need to be suspended”, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
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NewsFormer minister says government would lose human rights challenge
A former health minister who is now chair of a leading mental health trust has suggested the government would lose a legal challenge over its national programme for patients with learning disabilities.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ.
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HSJ InteractiveA trust where staff can thrive
An enthusiasm and commitment to patient care, positive staff culture and authenticity were among the attributes that led to St Helen’s and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust winning the 2019 HSJ Award for Acute or Specialist Trust of the Year. Alison Moore reports
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NewsStevens sets ‘stretching’ 19pc target for BME staff at NHSE/I
Black and minority ethnic staff will make up 19 per cent of all pay bands within NHS England and Improvement by 2025, Sir Simon Stevens has pledged.
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NewsCQC to continue inspections but take ‘pragmatic approach’ on coronavirus
The Care Quality Commission is planning to continue to carry out inspections despite the growing number of coronavirus cases in the UK, but will keep the situation “under review”.
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NewsSpecial measures trust can keep trainees after hiring overseas doctors
A trust in quality special measures is set to retain its trainee doctors after addressing regulators’ concerns by recruiting several doctors from overseas.
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NewsCCGs face external review into handling of troubled contract
An independent review triggered by NHS England will examine the oversight and management of a troubled children’s autism service by local commissioners, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Two to three years’ before we have enough staff, says trust chief
The head of a mental health provider has said it “could be two to three years” before staffing supply for child and adolescent services meets demand, following new criticism of its services by the care quality regulator.
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CommentChristian domination of NHS pastoral care must end
NHS managers should ensure that public services, including pastoral, spiritual, and religious services, are inclusive for all, regardless of a person’s religion or belief, says Andrew Copson
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News‘We’ve normalised the unacceptable’, says embattled trust CEO
The chief executive of an embattled trust has told HSJ the organisation has sometimes been guilty of normalising the “unacceptable”, after regulators decided it should remain in special measures.
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NewsCQC agrees extra payouts to resolve broadband dispute
The Care Quality Commission has agreed to spend an estimated additional £240,000 on “goodwill” payments to its homeworkers after reaching agreement with unions on plans to cut their broadband provision.
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HSJ LocalDirector makes cash plea over ‘inequitable’ service
A director of maternity services at a financially struggling trust have issued a plea to their board for investment amid reports their department is losing patients and staff due to inequitable service provision.
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HSJ LocalRegulator queries chair’s appointment at major acute trust
Regulators have written to a major acute trust to query the appointment of its chair and her fitness to fill the role.
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NewsCEO apologises for ‘inadequate’ A&E care
A hospital trust chief in Lincolnshire has apologised to patients after two emergency departments were given the lowest rating by inspectors for the second time in a year.
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NewsOnly six of 200 NHS private units signed up to complaints watchdog
Just six of the NHS’ more than 200 private patient units are signed up to the independent complaints adjudicator, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFT’s leaders unaware of staff’s ‘high-risk’ practices, warns regulator
Leaders at a mental health trust have been criticised for being too “removed” from front line issues, which meant they were not alerted to “high-risk” restraint practices being used by staff.
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HSJ LocalCEO ‘delighted’ as trust prepares to exit special measures
A trust is due to leave special measures, after problems with quality and bullying landed it in the regime more than two years ago.
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NewsCQC issues fresh A&E warning to troubled trust
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has received another warning from the Care Quality Commission over safety within its emergency departments.
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