All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 4
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News
Revealed: the best and worst trusts for inpatient experience
Satisfaction with NHS inpatient care held up in 2023 despite increasing pressure on the service, a Care Quality Commission survey has revealed.
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News
Dispute between trust directors triggers NHSE enforcement action
NHS England has taken formal enforcement action against a trust after expressing “significant concerns” over a “deterioration” in how its board operates.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: ‘Reform or die’
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Don’t fixate on legal costs – invest in preventing harm in the first place
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News
‘Scrap single-word CQC ratings’, say trust bosses
Most trust leaders want the Care Quality Commission’s single-word ratings scrapped, NHS Providers has said based on survey feedback.
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HSJ Local
CEO who led trust through scandals announces departure
The chief executive of a trust mired in maternity and emergency care scandals has announced she is leaving after four years at the helm.
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HSJ Local
NHSE quizzing trust’s staff over serious culture and safety concerns
NHS England and commissioners are visiting a mental health trust’s services to ask its staff about concerns over safety, communication, and culture, HSJ has learned.
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News
‘Noticeable lack’ of NHS experience contributed to CQC failings
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has a “noticeable lack” of NHS experience, the author of a damning review into its failings has warned.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Watchdog branded ‘not fit for purpose’ and told ‘comprehensive reform’ needed
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News
‘Take CQC ratings with a pinch of salt’ says Streeting
The health and social care secretary has ordered the Care Quality Commission to urgently qualify its current ratings, and warned they should be taken with a “pinch of salt”.
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News
Streeting ‘stunned’ as review accuses CQC of ‘significant failings’
A highly critical interim independent review of the Care Quality Commission has found “significant internal failings which [are] hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices”.
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News
CQC plans to charge ICBs for assessments despite backlash
The Care Quality Commission has confirmed it plans to charge integrated care boards for assessments, despite more than half of respondents to a consultation disagreeing with the approach.
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News
Exclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers
A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.
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News
CQC chief admits ‘we’ve lost your trust’ and announces more inspections
The Care Quality Commission’s new chief executive has admitted the regulator “got things wrong” during the rollout of its new inspection regime and announced an increase in the number of assessments it carries out.
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: When HSJ met Wes
While the rest of the country was watching the football, HSJ met shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting in a café in Ilford for a wide-ranging interview.
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News
Labour expects trusts to pay ‘time and a half’ to staff delivering ‘40,000 extra appointments’
Trusts should pay staff around “time and a half” for the additional shifts required to hit Labour’s manifesto pledge for an extra 40,000 elective appointments a week if the party wins power, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has told HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: Regulation support, staffing appeals, and leadership changes
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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News
Midwives call women in labour ‘Asian princesses’ amid ‘hostile’ environment fears
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has raised fundamental concerns about racism towards maternity patients after several cases have come to light in recent months, including midwives branding patients “Asian princesses”.
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Leader
The NHS needs a strong CQC
With close to £200bn spent every year on English health and care, it seems ridiculous that some believe there is no need to judge whether that investment is producing the outcomes it should. It is only human to want your boss to ‘give you the money and leave you alone’ ...
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News
Exclusive: CQC admits it is failing to keep patients safe
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it is failing to keep patients ‘safe’ and is losing the confidence of ministers and the NHS, HSJ has discovered.