All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 53
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NewsChief inspector: Fit and proper regulation having 'deterrent effect'
The fit and proper person regulation has had a ‘deterrent effect’ by warding unfit individuals away from NHS director roles, chief inspector of hospitals Sir Mike Richards has said.
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CommentA formal competitive tender process is not always necessary
Ensuring compliance when commissioning services
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HSJ LocalSafety concerns over community trust’s urgent care service
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have raised safety concerns over the quality of the urgent care service provided by Gloucestershire Care Services Trust.
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex slated for special measures after second damning CQC report
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been recommended for special measures after its second Care Quality Commission inspection in a year found that staff “remained afraid to speak out”.
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NewsExclusive: Baby's death case with 'echoes of Morecambe Bay' to be re-examined
The avoidable death of a baby girl six years ago is to be re-examined after an independent national review warned the case had parallels with the Morecambe Bay care scandal.
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital consultants may call for McNeil reinstatement
WORKFORCE: Consultants at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust are voting on whether they should call for the reinstatement of their recently departed chief executive.
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HSJ LocalLow staff morale and high use of restraint at mental health trust, CQC says
PERFORMANCE: Low staffing levels and an ‘unacceptable variation’ in the use of restraint at West London Mental Health Trust has caused the Care Quality Commission to call for the trust to make improvements.
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HSJ LocalCornish mental health trust praised for rehab services
PERFORMANCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust has been rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsUpdated: West Herts to be placed in special measures
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has been recommended for special measures after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsMonitor: Out of hospital care ‘no panacea’ for demand pressure
Monitor has warned providers that schemes to move care out of hospital are not guaranteed to reduce costs or demand pressure.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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HSJ LocalSnap inspection triggered by staffing concerns at Staffordshire hospital
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages at St George’s Hospital in Stafford have raised concerns that it is unable to provide care that adequately meets patients’ needs, a Care Quality Inspection has found.
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HSJ LocalLegal action delays hearings against Morecambe Bay midwives
Fitness to practise hearings against five midwives from the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have been delayed because of legal action by their defence lawyers, HSJ has learned.
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CommentKelsey: Urgent action on a digital NHS is a moral imperative
The online revolution hasn’t reached the NHS
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NewsExclusive: Social care providers apply for injunctions against CQC
Two providers of adult social care have applied for injunctions to prevent the publication of Care Quality Commission inspection reports, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: PHSO refuses to investigate baby death at heart of ‘regulatory gap’ claims
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has refused to investigate the death of a baby at the centre of claims of a ‘regulatory gap’ between national bodies preventing them looking into historic complaints.
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NewsDurkin: IPSIS will give patients ‘effective answers’
The new independent body to look into clinical incidents in the NHS will improve the quality of investigations and provide families with ‘effective answers’, NHS England patient safety director Dr Mike Durkin has said.
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NewsNHS staff to face new sanctions under ‘Sunshine rule’
NHS staff who fail to disclose payments and hospitality received from drug suppliers and medical device makers will be sanctioned under new regulation, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsCare UK claims commissioners broke competition rules
Private provider Care UK has accused NHS commissioners in north east London of breaking rules around price competition.