All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 60
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Francis: CQC should probe whistleblower settlements
Settlements between NHS trusts and whistleblowers should be scrutinised by the Care Quality Commission to ensure organisations are well led, the Francis review has recommended.
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Exclusive interview: Francis insists whistleblowing measures have 'teeth'
New legal powers and regulations brought in over the last 18 months will provide ‘the stick’ to force the NHS to change the way it treats whistleblowers, Sir Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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The NHS safety record needs to be as good as the airline and motor industries
A systematic approach
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NHS managers face jail for publishing misleading information
NHS managers who publish false or misleading information could face up to two years in prison under new laws set to be confirmed by ministers this week, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Partners
Review the CQC challenge policy to avoid Hinchingbrooke style fall outs
The Circle versus CQC spat shows serious organisations can be childish
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HSJ Local
Community trust abandons FT bid
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health Trust has abandoned its bid for foundation trust status after concluding it no longer represented a sustainable future for the trust.
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Comment
The CQC's rating regime for health and social care needs to be nuanced
Inconsistencies under fire
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Medway still has 'long way to go' despite improvement
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has kept its “inadequate” rating despite slight improvements found by a Care Quality Commission inspection team during its latest visit.
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Rotherham FT leadership makes 'significant improvements'
PERFORMANCE: Rotherham Foundation Trust has made ‘significant improvements’ to how it is run, and is no longer in breach of its licence to provide services relating to governance, Monitor has said.
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Exclusive: Monitor sets up 'engine room' for reform
Monitor is to set up a new directorate tasked with helping trusts improve performance and lead the regulator’s role implementing reforms set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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Bennett: Monitor-TDA merger makes a lot of sense
Monitor’s chief executive has said he can see “a lot of sense” in merging his organisation with the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Kent trust told to improve by the CQC
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has been told it must improve following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission, which found that the trust’s governance was ‘inadequate’.
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Nursing revalidation will raise standards, says NMC chief
Implementing revalidation for the nursing profession will raise standards, the chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.
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Colchester’s A&E rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust’s accident and emergency department has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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Barnsley FT no longer in breach of licence for A&E
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is no longer in breach of its licence to provide accident and emergency services, Monitor has announced.
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Yorkshire FT agrees legally binding undertakings over deteriorating finances
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
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Monitor and TDA could merge, Burnham suggests
Labour could merge the NHS Trust Development Authority into its foundation trust counterpart Monitor if the party forms the next government, Andy Burnham has indicated.
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'No evidence' to justify local midwifery regulation
Local regulation of midwives should be scrapped according to a report by the King’s Fund which has found “no evidence” to justify its existence.