All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 162
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Directors resign as report finds 'many years' of abuse
People with learning disabilities were hit, pushed and dragged by staff working for an NHS trust in Cornwall, a joint investigation by the Healthcare Commission and the Commission for Social Care Inspection has found.People with learning disabilities were hit, pushed and dragged by staff working for an NHS trust in ...
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Welsh 999 boss hails progress
Welsh Ambulance Services trust chief executive Alan Murray has defended his trust against official figures showing it is missing response targets. He claims the service is exceeding its target of 60 per cent of services meeting life-threatening calls in eight minutes.
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Patients treated in 18 weeks on the increase
Referral to treatment times for April show that the number of patients being treated in 18 weeks is rising.
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Monitor hails £75m surplus at foundation trusts
The strong financial performance of foundation trusts last year proved the merits of giving successful trusts greater autonomy, Monitor chair Bill Moyes has claimed.
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Fight against superbugs given £50m boost
Patient safety representatives have praised the new health secretary's commitment to tackling hospital-acquired infections.
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Trusts face 15 public productivity rankings
All acute and primary care trusts are to have their performance publicly ranked against 15 efficiency indicators from this summer.
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Funding row could see 1,800 patients rejected by foundation
A foundation trust has become the first in the country to turn patients away after the escalation of a public row with its primary care trust over funding.
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Independent providers opened up to public scrutiny
The Healthcare Commission has launched a new web service that provides patients and the public with information about performance in independent acute hospitals, mental health units and independent sector treatment centres.Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker, said: 'We want to make sure that patients have access to information about the ...
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MHRA issues safety warning about blood glucose meters
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has identified a safety problem with some blood glucose meters which, under certain conditions, may display the wrong units of measurement.This could result in an insulin overdose and hypoglycaemic coma.The MHRA has issued advice following a number of reports of adverse incidents where ...
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New assisted reproduction proposals published
The government has also published a white paper setting out its proposals for an overhaul of the law on assisted human reproduction and embryology research and the bodies that regulate this area and the use of human tissues.The paper says a Regulatory Authority for Tissue and Embryos, to be known ...
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Exclusive: PCT fitness bill hits £6.5m
The primary care trust fitness for purpose programme cost the Department of Health £6.5m, HSJhas learned.
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Medicines agency reports progress on over-the-counter medicines
Good progress is being made on the better regulation of over-the-counter medicines initiatives, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has found. In its second report on the initiative, the agency found developments include rollout of a self-certification scheme for prescriptions-only medicine and a review ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Cold comfort for the waitbusters
From planner to manager, Matthew Kershaw finds himself with the challenge of delivering the care pathway he helped to develop
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Monitor will demand service level figures from foundation trusts
Monitor is set to instruct foundation trusts to provide more accurate information about the financial performance of each of their services.
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Hit squads set to swoop over Scottish cancer targets
Cancer hit squads are to be sent into Scottish NHS boards to ensure that targets on waiting times are met.
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Audit Commission says PCTs should fine acutes for errors
The job of clinical coding should be given a higher priority within NHS trusts in order to make payment by results work, according to the Audit Commission.
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Failing trusts can be shut down
A new super-regulator will have the power to shut down failing trusts and services, the Department of Health has revealed.
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New agenda replaces targets
The Department of Health is to focus on quality, safety and patient experience - leaving the Healthcare Commission to ensure compliance against locally set priorities, according to director of commissioning Duncan Selbie.
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Comment
Power to close NHS organisations gives super-regulator super-teeth
A long delay can create its own sense of drama - such is the case with the regulatory review which has been promised for the best part of a year and gone through various drafts (including a complete overhaul by McKinsey). In the event, the result published this week makes ...