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NewsCSUs and swathe of patient watchdogs axed
Government is announcing the scrapping of several national patient watchdogs, commissioning support units, and 150 local Healthwatch organisations.
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NewsCQC ‘starting from scratch’ recovering failed IT system
A major IT failure at the Care Quality Commission is expected to take two years to fix, leaving staff to continue with workarounds.
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News‘Overall’ trust ratings scrapped by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is no longer giving “overall” ratings to trusts, it has emerged – instead only issuing a leadership rating at organisational level.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: The song remains the same
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the ...
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NewsExclusive: Baby died of hospital infection despite ‘overcrowding’ warning
A baby died with an infection caught on a neonatal unit, despite earlier warnings about outbreaks due to its “approach to overcrowding” of cots, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The first cyber attack death
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsDHSC staffing spend up under Labour
Spending on staff at the Department of Health and Social Care and seven other central agencies has increased by more than 10 per cent since Labour came to power, analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: For safer maternity care, we need action, not words
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTrust’s leaders ‘focused on new hospital, not safety’, finds CQC
Leaders at a trust with “inadequate” maternity services were focused on plans for a new hospital “to the detriment of current service challenges”, the care regulator has said.
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HSJ LocalHospitals’ ‘long-term poor culture’ called out by CQC
A major acute trust has been warned by the Care Quality Commission about a “long-term history of poor culture” in one of its departments.
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NewsRegional director made a dame
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
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NewsCEO retires after 25 years
A chief executive is to retire after six years leading a Yorkshire acute trust.
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News‘Outstanding’ rating for trust’s leaders who ‘have each other's backs’
The “honest, transparent and visible” leadership at a trust whose staff feel they are “part of a family” has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSix CQC board directors replaced
Nearly all the Care Quality Commission’s non-executive directors have left, making way for six new recruits, including an NHS England director.
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NewsCQC warns trust over maternity staffing
The trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates in the country has been told it must improve its midwifery staffing.
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CommentA new job for the CQC
To make integrated care a success, someone needs to monitor the gaps between services, and CQC is the best pick for it, writes Jacob Lant
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NewsExternal reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO named at trust facing calls for public inquiry
A trust facing calls for a public inquiry into its care standards has appointed a new CEO.
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NewsCQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
A trust medical director has been appointed as the chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNHS facing another national maternity services review
Another major inquiry into patient safety within NHS maternity departments is being considered, HSJ has learned, this time by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.