All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 80
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NewsFrancis report: healthcare assistants will face regulation
Healthcare support workers should be subject to regulation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Robert Francis QC has said.
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NewsUpdated: Francis calls for a beefed up CQC as single quality regulator
The Care Quality Commission should take on responsibility for “corporate governance” and “financial competence” alongside quality, Robert Francis QC has recommended.
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Government backs down from plan to abolish specialist regulators
The government has backed down from plans to abolish two specialist regulators and transfer the majority of their responsibilities to the Care Quality Commission.
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BlogsEvidence, not newspaper exaggeration, should direct debates about care quality
The Foundation Trust Network has evidence The Sunday Telegraph’s story about “dangerously low staffing levels” at NHS hospitals has been greatly exaggerated, as FTN chief executive Chris Hopson explains.
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NewsTwo CQC executives resign
Two members of the Care Quality Commission’s executive team have handed in their notice, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCQC moves to assess trust leadership in response to Francis
The Care Quality Commission is to assess the leadership, culture and governance of acute services in the NHS and the corporate governance of private sector care providers, HSJ has learned.
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CommentCan greater transparency expose future care failures?
The government sees openness as key to preventing failures
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NewsFrancis report's publication date is revealed
Robert Francis QC has revealed his report on the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry will be published on 6 February.
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NewsTrust leaders admit 'pockets' of poor care found across the NHS
Trust leaders have “formally and publicly” acknowledged that “pockets” of poor care are likely to exist in most NHS organisations, in an open letter ahead of the publication of the Francis report.
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CommentSize vs quality? Examining hospital mergers
Reviewing the evidence into the effectiveness of mergers
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HSJ Local
Nazi salute nurse struck off
A mental health nurse who performed Nazi salutes in front of patients has been struck off.
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NewsOmbudsman to investigate more care failures
Hospitals and other health services are likely to face more investigations by the parliamentary and health services ombudsman after a review called for a change in its approach.
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HSJ Partners
Boards do not need to wait for Francis
Certain fundamental care principles should always be in place
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HSJ Local
CQC highly rates prison services in Lewes
PERFORMANCE: Prison healthcare services at HMP Lewes, provided by Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, have been praised in a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsOfsted rating approach 'too simple' for the NHS
The group asked to look into Ofsted-style ratings in health and social care may set out a long term “road map” for the introduction of a system, but believes a comparison with the schools’ regulator is “too simple”.
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NewsMonitor unveils shake-up of financial risk ratings
Monitor will no longer use foundation trusts’ operating profitability or surpluses as measures of the financial risk they are carrying, under proposals unveiled by the regulator.
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CommentRegulating managers is the wrong response to Mid Staffs
Poor managers are a symptom of a poorly governed system
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HSJ KnowledgeTo authorisation and beyond
Reflections from Kingston on completing the CCG authorisation process
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NewsMPs call for urgent 'overhaul' of CQC governance
The chair of the health select committee has described it as “extraordinary” the Care Quality Commission is still not clear about its core purpose, five years after it was set up.
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HSJ Local
CQC criticises County Durham dental surgeries
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has issues a warning over standards at two dental surgeries in County Durham.