All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 124
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News
NHS performance regime: failure criteria published
The Department of Health has published the criteria it will use for defining failure under its performance regime.
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News
Dry run for quality accounts gets the go ahead
All foundation trusts, and other provider trusts in the East of England, will have to publish reports on the quality of their services this year, it has been confirmed.
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Comment
Media Watch: Margaret Haywood and NHS whistleblowing
The sacking of whistleblowing nurse Margaret Haywood provided the perfect opportunity to give NHS managers a good kicking, no matter that the unpopular decision was actually taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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Leader
Foundation trusts running out of time to meet Monitor standards
The challenges are piling up for trusts yet to clear the hurdle of achieving foundation status
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News
Experts voice concerns over 'cyclical NHS sackings'
The NHS should be less ready to “junk” managers when things go wrong, senior figures have said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Safer Care: an introduction to improving patient safety
In this special report on improving patient safety, Bernard Crump highlights the the Safer Care programme and how it has driven improvements across more than 60 acute trusts
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Comment
Frances Blunden on the burden of NHS bureaucracy
It is generally agreed that the burden of bureaucracy in the NHS is too great.
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News
Royal Cornwall chief executive John Watkinson to appeal sacking
A trust chief executive has been sacked by his board following an independent review which found the organisation was heading “towards corporate failure”.
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News
Royal Free must replace Andrew Way
The Royal Free Hampstead trust will be looking for a strong - and possibly brave - candidate to replace departing chief executive Andrew Way.
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News
Anger over GP quality decision
The Department of Health has angered senior figures in primary care by appointing external consultants McKinsey to advise a panel of experts on how to measure GP quality.
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News
Monitor asks FT governors for feedback
Monitor is urging foundation trust governors to respond to a consultation on guidance aimed to help them fulfil their statutory duties.
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News
Trust sacks chief executive
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals trust has dismissed suspended chief executive John Watkinson following an independent review into its management and governance.
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News
GP quality: the final frontier for inspectors
So far general practice has remained impervious to the expanding remit of the inspectors. This week the King’s Fund revealed proposals for a new GP quality inquiry that has even won backing from the profession. Helen Mooney reports
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News
Foundation trusts warn competition could fragment NHS
Foundation trusts have warned that NHS services risk being destabilised and fragmented under new competition rules.
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News
GP quality bonuses do not reflect patient satisfaction
Despite uniformly high scores in the quality and outcomes framework bonus scheme, GPs in some areas are receiving 63 per cent more complaints from patients than others.
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS maternity care focuses on safer births
Maternity services in the NHS are under pressure to improve safety and have new standards to meet. Daloni Carlisle reports
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Comment
Clinical mistakes: how to respond
A new approach to handling NHS complaints has been introduced. Joan Saddler, director of patient and public affairs at the Department of Health, explains what it means for clinicians and managers
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HSJ Knowledge
NHS complaints: how to give dissatisfied patients a happy ending
Big changes in the way service quality is overseen mean NHS trusts now carry a greater onus to resolve complaints themselves, says Ingrid Torjesen
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Comment
Andrea Sutcliffe: advice on delivering effective NHS care
As the Healthcare Commission cleared the decks in preparation for the launch of the Care Quality Commission on 1 April, some of its final reports made chastening reading for all of us involved in the delivery of healthcare that should be safe, effective and a good experience for patients.
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Blogs
Back in the saddle
Far be it from me to tell Babs and Cynth how to run their new gaff, but if there’s one baby they don’t want to throw out with the HCC/CSCI merger bathwater it’s that CSCI website.