Care Quality Commission
No accord on mortality measures
A nationally agreed hospital-wide mortality indicator will not to be in place before the publication of this year’s Dr Foster Hospital Guide, it has been confirmed.
PCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
With GP consortia on course to take over commissioning, a report seen by HSJ shows PCTs have been preparing the ground well by getting to grips with the fundamentals of local priority setting. Dave West explains
Elderly 'being left to go hungry on wards'
Elderly people are being left to go hungry on NHS wards, a report has claimed.
CQC tells United Lincs to improve on dignity and workforce support
An acute trust has been told to improve standards on quality and safety following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
Trust urged to improve quality and safety standards
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been urged by the Care Quality Commission to improve several areas, including safeguarding people from abuse, amid concerns it does not meet quality and safety standards.
Trusts putting patients' lives at risk, claims AvMA
NHS hospitals are putting lives at risk by failing to comply with key alerts on patient safety, a report has said.
Improvement work must continue, NHS Institute chief warns
Work on improving the quality of NHS services must not lose momentum, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement chief executive has warned following plans to axe his organisation.
CQC lifts restrictions on Mid Staffs
Five of the six licence restrictions placed on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been lifted by the Care Quality Commission, following an interim report on the trust’s progress against recommendations made in a 2009 report by the Healthcare Commission.
White paper: regulation reform to create 'level playing field'
The government has proposed significant changes to health provider regulation, which it says will create a “level playing field” for all providers of NHS care.
Four arm's length bodies being abolished
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, the Appointments Commission, the National Patient Safety Agency and the Alcohol Education Research Council are being abolished, it has been announced.
GPs ‘won’t guarantee out of hours quality’
Transferring commissioning of out of hours services to GPs will not generate improved quality, primary care representatives have warned. The caution came in the wake of a damning report into the out of hours provider Take Care Now.
Government selects CQC chair
The government has selected a permanent chair for the Care Quality Commission.
MP calls CQC in over South London Healthcare Trust
One of the largest NHS hospital trusts in the country was referred to the independent health regulator amid concerns over patient safety, staffing levels and equipment shortfalls, it emerged.
CQC chief welcomes 'formalisation' of relationship with Monitor
The Care Quality Commission is to become a “quality inspectorate” focusing solely on the safety and quality of providers.
Monitor and CQC to run 'joint licence' from April 2012
Monitor will become an economic regulator of all health and social care providers from April 2012, Andrew Lansley’s white paper confirms.
HealthWatch to be part of the CQC
The new body to “strengthen the collective voice of patients” in the NHS will be part of the Care Quality Commission, the white paper announced.
Scrapping hospital ratings will 'confuse patients'
People who wish to find out about the quality of hospital care may be forced to read complicated graphs after an annual health check was scrapped, a patient group has said.
Just one in six CQC staff think regulator is well managed
Only 16 per cent of the Care Quality Commission’s employees think it is well managed, internal staff survey results leaked to HSJ reveal.
Government tells CQC to drop annual health check reviews
The government has told the Care Quality Commission to scrap its annual review of health service organisations immediately, HSJ has learned.
Broadmoor trust makes ‘significant progress’
A mental health trust has made “significant improvements” since a Care Quality Commission report last year which criticised it for delays in investigating incidents.
More on CQC
Residential care commissioning leaves room for improvement
Despite their complex needs it has been revealed that many care home residents lack access to specialist services, reports Stuart Shepherd
Improving diet to improve mental health
Dieticians in mental health trusts can help make the shift to preventive wellbeing services, says Stuart Shepherd
The calm after the storm: what chief executives do after "goodbye"
NHS chief executive is a high profile job and every now and then one such leader suffers a public execution - but these days there is no guarantee of another job in the system for those who leave under a cloud. Alison Moore asks what fate has in store for an ex-manager
Changing NHS end of life care for the better
Most people say they would prefer to die at home but many do not as end of life care has traditionally been neglected. But it looks as if things are finally starting to change
GP phone-line jams create more hospital admissions
Few things are more frustrating than an automated message saying your phone call is in a queue and will be answered shortly -or just getting the engaged tone. When you are ill, it can be rather more than just one of life’s little irritations, writes Kaye McIntosh.
