All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 101
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NewsMonitor chair sets out case for competition
Monitor’s chair has set out a passionate case for increasing competition, choice and local autonomy in order to improve productivity and patient care.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy compliance is key to better patient and commercial relationships
The challenges facing the NHS mean organisations need to manage their reputation and relationship with patients to safeguard future services and funding. Ensuring stringent compliance measures are in place are a vital part of this process, writes Liz Jones.
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NewsGagged CQC employee slams regulator at Mid Staffs inquiry
The Care Quality Commission tried to “gag” the doctor who led the Healthcare Commission’s investigation into Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the public inquiry into deaths at the trust has heard.
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HSJ Local
GPs in Derbyshire County to pilot CQC registration
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has been named as the only area in the country to pilot the extension of the Care Quality Commission’s registration system to general practices.
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NewsNHS should have single regulator, Sir Ian Kennedy tells Mid Staffs inquiry
Former Healthcare Commission chairman Sir Ian Kennedy has used the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry to call for one “overarching body” bringing together quality and economic regulation.
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HSJ Local
Medway found in breach of Monitor authorisation terms
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has found Medway Foundation Trust to be in significant breach of the terms of its authorisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting health and wellbeing boards into gear
Making collaborative bodies such as health and wellbeing boards work can be difficult. But approach the development of these local partnerships in the right spirit and much can be achieved, says Hay Group director of public sector practice Phil Kenmore.
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CommentThe debate on consortia governance requires sound principles, and hard evidence
To commission effectively, consortia will need governance arrangements that create confidence and trust, and build legitimacy and partnerships, writes The Health Foundation chief executive Stephen Thornton.
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NewsEmployment system reform flawed - IoD
Company directors today told the government that its plans to reform the employment system were “flawed” and would not tackle the number of weak cases.
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NewsEmployment tribunals 'failing' employers and employees
Business leaders have called for changes to help speed up employment tribunals, claiming that the system was “failing” both employers and workers.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway Partnership asks for Monitor to return in autumn
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has told Monitor it plans for them to revisit the trust and complete their foundation trust assessment in the autumn.
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HSJ Local
Environment remains a ‘challenge’ for Kent and Medway Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has admitted that it still has environment issues at one of its units.
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HSJ Local
CQC raises new concerns at Milton Keynes Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has recognised progress in Milton Keynes Hospital’s midwifery services, but said the trust fails to meet essential standards in other areas
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NewsC difficile infection rates falling
The number of older people recorded as having contracted the C difficile hospital bug in Scotland has dropped by 37 per cent in a year, statistics showed today.
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NewsManager who pumped NHS funds into stud farm told to pay cash back
A former senior NHS manager who channelled £200,000 of hospital funds into her stud farm business has been ordered to pay the money back.
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Monitor's intervention threshold lowered in new framework
Monitor is set to intervene in more foundation trusts that are in danger of breaching their authorisation.
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HSJ KnowledgeChanging learning principles to achieve real, necessary change in older people's care
February’s ombudsman report had more than a sense of deja vu about it. This time, writes Fontis director Graham English, the question is not “what” we might learn from the health ombudsman’s report, but “how”.
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NewsForeign GPs face tougher sanctions
NHS doctors who qualify overseas are more likely to face tough sanctions in disciplinary hearings, research has shown.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals given all clear by CQC
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has satisfied Care Quality Commission inspectors it is now meeting three essential standards following a highly critical report of its surgical procedures earlier this year.
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CommentHakin rejects 'disappointing' reform criticisms
Dame Barbara Hakin, a GP of 20 years and the woman charged by the government with developing consortium commissioning, is growing irritated by alleged misinformation about the NHS reforms, as HSJ’s Dave West finds out.