All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 68
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NewsNHS manager numbers return to pre-Lansley reform levels
The number of senior managers working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups has increased by more than a quarter since 2013 – and is now higher than before the reforms introduced by Andrew Lansley.
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NewsRegistered nurse recruitment outstripped by support staff growth
The number of registered nurses working in the NHS hospital sector has passed 180,000 for the first time.
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HSJ LocalRegion risks losing £15m of healthcare funding
Northamptonshire is at risk of losing £15m of joint health and social care funding because of a failure to sign a contract and meet mandated NHS England targets.
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NewsRegulator seeks chief executive with 'strong moral compass'
The Care Quality Commission has advertised for a new chief executive to succeed Sir David Behan, saying the individual must have a “strong moral compass”.
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HSJ LocalTrust targeted for bullying culture and safety concerns
The national guardian for NHS whistleblowers has criticised Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust for having a bullying culture and failure to respond to patient safety concerns raised by staff.
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LeaderHunt acts fast to stop Liverpool becoming his Mid Staffs
This is the first time Jeremy Hunt has had to deal with a care scandal that both feels eerily like Mid Staffordshire, and that happened on the Conservatives’ watch.
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NewsSenior managers could face tougher sanctions from CQC
Senior managers in the NHS could face tougher sanctions following a government review of the fit and proper person test.
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HSJ InteractiveLeadership Q&A: NHS RightCare
Professor Matthew Cripps, national director of NHS RightCare, explains how a number of roles, including the role of knowledge management facilitator, will give you the opportunity to work at the forefront of the NHS Improvement programme
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HSJ LocalRegulator criticises 'passive and unwieldy' STP
A sustainability and transformation partnership had “not begun to function effectively” when the Care Quality Commission carried out a local system review at the end of 2017.
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HSJ LocalNew Kirkup report criticises regulators for failing to spot care scandal
Regulators and commissioners have been criticised by an independent review after it took four years to identify serious care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust tried to hide poor care and patient harm
An NHS community provider sought to “conceal” serious care failings and multiple cases of patient harm, as it made deep cost improvement savings in a bid for foundation trust status.
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HSJ LocalCourt awards paralysed patient £4m over surgery consent blunder
A woman who was left unable to walk after an operation on her spine has been awarded £4.4m by the High Court after it found the surgeon had failed to ensure she was given informed consent.
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NewsTrusts face cyber attack inspections amid widespread weaknesses
Trusts with lax data security are receiving additional unannounced inspections, as regulators try to patch security vulnerabilities in the wake of the Wannacry cyber attack.
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NewsEx-health minister: God would struggle to manage the NHS
Former health minister Lord David Prior has said the NHS is too big and centralised, and even God “would struggle” to manage it.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider suspected of criminal offence by CQC
A major private mental health provider rocked by quality concerns in recent months has had to close most of its beds for young people at its one remaining site in the South East – amid concerns it may have committed a criminal offence.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts for maternity care experience
Thirteen trusts are providing women with a poorer care experience than expected in more than one core area of maternity services, according to the latest data from the Care Quality Commission.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Mega-trust on the rise has problems within
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NewsCQC: Directors can be dismissed for failing to stop bullying
Bullying and victimisation of staff – and failing to take “appropriate action” about it - can result in dismissal under the fit and proper person test, the Care Quality Commission stated for the first time.
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HSJ LocalMPs criticise 'extraordinary' absence of ambulance trust bosses
MPs have called for an “urgent explanation” as to why the chief executive and other senior board members of a crisis hit ambulance trust went on holiday during what was long predicted would be “a really difficult period”.
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HSJ LocalMajor hospital merger held up in funding talks
A merger that would create one of the biggest trusts in England has been delayed amid ongoing talks with NHS Improvement over funding.