All articles by Sarah Calkin – Page 29
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Bower 'has full support' of CQC board
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower “absolutely” has the support of the board, the organisation’s chair Dame Jo Williams has told HSJ.
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Ambulance services to move on to tariff
Ambulance services have insisted a move from block contracts to tariff will not increase activity at acute hospitals.
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CQC's strategy is reactive, board member tells inquiry
The Care Quality Commission’s strategy is “reactive” and driven by “reputation management and personal survival”, a board member has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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CQC inspector: regulator would not necessarily 'spot a Mid Staffs'
A Care Quality Commission inspector has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry the regulator would not necessarily “spot another Mid Staffordshire”, contradicting earlier evidence given to the inquiry by CQC chair Dame Jo Williams.
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CQC non-exec to blow the whistle at Mid Staffs inquiry
Two new Care Quality Commission whistleblowers - including one board member - have been called to give evidence to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry.
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Four hour target sole national A&E measure for 2012-13
The accident and emergency clinical indicators will continue to be monitored at local rather than national level during 2012-13, leaving the old four hour standard as the sole national measure of A&E performance.
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Uniting HealthWatch with CQC a 'mistake', says advisory group
The decision to make HealthWatch England part of the Care Quality Commission is a “mistake”, according to a group advising on the proposals.
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Media Watch: nursing numbers adding up to a 'crisis'
The Royal College of Nursing’s claim that 56,000 NHS posts have been lost or marked “at risk” during the past year featured in most of the Sunday papers.
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SHA and PCT blame reorganisation for failure to spot Mid Staffs
The reorganisation of the NHS in 2006 was a key reason why problems at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust were not spotted sooner, closing submissions to the public inquiry claimed.
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CQC chief executive Cynthia Bower: I'm not self-serving
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has said she underestimated the “turmoil” that would be involved in setting up the regulator. She admitted she should have decided to “wave a flag” calling for outside help rather than carrying on trying to do an “impossible job”.
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Patchy progress on reducing acute activty in the South West
Progress towards achieving the holy grail of acute activity reduction is patchy across the South West, with varying effects on trust finances.
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Redesigned A&E departments to reduce violence
Accident and emergency departments could be redesigned to significantly reduce violence and aggression towards staff for as little as £60,000, a Department of Health commissioned study suggests.
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DH Care Quality Commission review begins
The Care Quality Commission is being reviewed by the Department of Health in the first of a series of evaluations examing the performance and capability of arms length bodies.
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A&E waits at winter levels
The proportion of patients waiting over four hours to be admitted from accident and emergency was already approaching winter levels by the second quarter of this year, Department of Health figures reveal.
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Mid Staffs A&E to close at night
The accident and emergency department at Stafford Hospital is to close overnight due to inadequate permanent medical cover.
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Minister: eight-minute ambulance target could be eased
The Department of Health is considering adding up to a minute to the ambulance response time target for life-threatening calls in an attempt to use resources more efficiently.
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Patients in rural areas 'lost out' under targets
The outcomes focus of the new ambulance clinical indicators will help improve services for patients in rural areas, according to a new report by the Ambulance Service Network.
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NHS facing 'tsunami' of patient anger
A “tsunami of anger” is heading towards the NHS unless organisations start to engage more fully with the public, the chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has warned.
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Whistleblowers challenge government over protection
A group of NHS whistleblowers plans to challenge the government over the level of protection provided to staff who raise concerns.
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Hospital death rate focus will disappear - Keogh
Interest in hospital mortality indicators will “wane” within three years as clinicians produce dozens of service-specific quality measures, the NHS medical director has predicted.