All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 28
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CommentSteve Dunn: How we achieved our outstanding rating
West Suffolk Foundation Trust chief Steve Dunn sets out the key leadership lessons he and his team learnt following the trust’s outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Jeremy Hunt – the patient in chief
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus our take on the most important under the radar stories. Contact me in confidence here. Shaun Lintern, senior patient safety correspondent
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CommentNHS managers should develop a stronger voice for good management
Speeding up improvements would mean understanding more about good management in the NHS and challenging poor management – less through regulation and more through stronger peer networks, writes Jennifer Dixon
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HSJ LocalPatient attack investigation deadline extended
NHS England has been given more time to submit an independent investigation into the killing of two men by another patient on a hospital ward.
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NewsCygnet mental health hospital makes 'significant improvements'
A private children’s and adolescent mental health unit that was heavily criticised by the Care Quality Commission has been praised for making “significant improvements.”
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NewsRegulator orders review of community team caseloads
A mental health trust has been ordered to carry out an immediate review of community team caseloads after concerns about “ongoing risks” to patients.
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HSJ LocalPatient died waiting for treatment at hospital 'under extreme pressure'
A heart patient is believed to have died after not receiving treatment quickly enough due to a troubled hospital’s cardiac unit being used “extensively” for extra bed capacity.
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NewsNHS Improvement team to examine variation among GPs
NHS Improvement’s top efficiency team has been asked by commissioners in London to tackle clinical variation in general practice, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Improvement chief: Trust plans are unrealistic and unachievable
NHS Improvement has told providers their activity, workforce and financial plans for the new financial year “do not look realistic or achievable”.
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NewsFears over absent data on private care
More than 150 NHS run private units and independent hospitals have not submitted legally required data about the care they provide, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: NHS regulator sets out 'back to basics' vision
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has pledged to “get back to the basics” to improve its handling of NHS complaints and help trusts learn from its work.
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NewsCQC warns 'real danger' for safety in private sector hospitals
Overreliance on informal arrangements by independent hospitals and doctors is a “major concern” and could put patients at risk, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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CommentThe importance of a proportionate regulatory system
The regulatory framework needs to respond to the changing NHS system architecture with the advent of STPs and ICSs, writes Ella Jackson
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HSJ LocalCQC orders trust to make 'significant improvements' by next week
Patient safety is not prioritised enough at a special measures trust’s maternity and surgery units, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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HSJ LocalGOSH leadership rated requires improvement after high turnover of directors
A specialist trust that has seen a high turnover of directors in recent years has been rated requires improvement for leadership by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: Government to water down medical examiner plans
Ministers are planning to significantly water down a planned new service designed to stop a repeat of the serial killer GP Harold Shipman, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSafety warning over oxygen cylinder deaths
A “persistent” problem with the design and use of oxygen cylinders could be behind hundreds of patient safety incidents, including six deaths, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch has found.
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NewsManagers who 'cross moral line' will be barred, warns NHS Improvement chair
NHS Improvement chair Baroness Harding has called for a much “firmer” fit and proper person test and pledged the regulator would stop “recycling” senior NHS managers who cross “a moral line”.
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NewsCQC cuts fees for majority of NHS trusts
The majority of NHS trusts will see a reduction in Care Quality Commission fees from next month – but some providers could see costs jump by more than £160,000.
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NewsRegulator chief executive to leave for Canada role
The chief executive of the Professional Standards Authority is to step down from his role later this year.