All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 79
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HSJ Local
Troubled trust boss: Senior team turnover to blame for quality failings
New trust chair says turnover in its executive team is the main cause of patient safety failings Senior team instability is the biggest factor to blame for high profile care quality failings at a Midlands acute trust, its chair has told HSJ.
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Comment
Next phase of inspections: a turn in the right direction?
Amina Uddin takes a look at the Care Quality Commission’s proposed new phase of regulation, which closes to consultation on 14 February
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HSJ Local
Wider failings revealed at hospital where patients died on trolleys
CQC warning letter to severely challenged trust Says board could not rely on patient safety risk information Patients missed medication doses Others cared for by untrained staff A hospital trust where several patients died on trolleys amid intense emergency pressure last month has serious failings in governance and ...
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Taking a risk on community care
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local
CQC praises leadership at 'outstanding' trust
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
Troubled trust given two month deadline to fix safety concerns
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust served with warning notice by CQC Trust has until 10 March to address patient safety concerns CQC raises concerns over trust’s A&E waits and staffing A troubled West Midlands acute trust has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it has two months ...
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HSJ Local
Teaching trust failing to comply with end of life court ruling
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust issued with requirement notices by the CQC Half of “do not attempt resuscitation” orders seen by inspectors were incorrectly completed by staff Court of Appeal ruling in 2014 created a new legal right for patients to be consulted over DNAR decisions One of ...
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Expert Briefing
Lintern's Risk Register: The signal and the noise
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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News
Sir Mike Richards announces retirement
The chief inspector for hospitals Professor Sir Mike Richards has announced his intention to retire this year.
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News
New rules on when mental health trusts should call police
New agreement published on police interventions involving mental health and learning disability patients Document sets out when police should attend mental health and learning disability inpatient units and places of safety Imposes strict guidelines of when police should use restraint Providers encouraged to sign up to agreement made by ...
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HSJ Local
First ambulance trust rated outstanding
West Midlands Ambulance Service has become the first ambulance trust in the country to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: London - winning on A&E?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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News
Revealed: The hospitals with the worst nurse staffing
Analysis suggests majority of acute hospitals are struggling to meet their own plans for nurse staffing Data shows trusts employing more healthcare assistants than planned Expert warns there is a risk of “false reassurance” on safety Decline in achieving staffing plans comes despite increases in employed nurses and tougher ...
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News
Exclusive: Doctors' views used to expose failing services
NHS Improvement looking at trusts in lowest quintile of GMC’s doctors in training survey Regulator also believes concerns expressed by HEE can identify “trusts teetering on the brink of lasting A&E performance failure” See the most recent survey results NHS Improvement will use the satisfaction rates of junior ...
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Comment
Four ways in which the NHS can learn from others
Narinder Kapur specifies how learning from others can be best put into practice in the NHS
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HSJ Local
Updated: Prestigious teaching trust exits special measures
CQC recommends Cambridge University Hospitals exits special measures after being rated good in latest inspection CQC praises the trust for improving staffing levels and governance Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has left special measures after it was rated good in its last inspection.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Contracting block out
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News
More than 30 trusts do not have a whistleblower guardian
33 trusts yet to appoint a freedom to speak up guardian National guardian Henrietta Hughes says she will alert national bodies if progress is not made She says: “NHS still has distance to go to create a universally open and honest culture” More than 30 hospital trusts are ...
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Expert Briefing
Lintern's Risk Register: Industrialising safety in healthcare
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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HSJ Local
Flagship specialist trust rated 'requires improvement'
PERFORMANCE: The high profile specialist provider Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust has been given a “requires improvement” rating by the Care Quality Commission.