All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 106
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Community and mental health trust chief to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust has announced that he will retire in January 2016.
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NewsMore than 60 managers have faced fit and proper complaints
A total of 65 NHS chief executives and senior board directors have been subject to complaints under fit and proper person regulations, HSJ can reveal.
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LeaderWhat is an 'acceptable' deficit for the NHS provider sector in 2015-16?
No Grexit for NHS providers
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NewsRegulators make it harder to improve care, special measures trust claims
A trust in special measures believes regulatory intervention has made it harder to improve patient care, the minutes of a high level ministerial meeting reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS warned focus on finance risks 'disastrous consequence'
The chair of the inquiry into care failings at Morecambe Bay has warned of a “disastrous consequence” for the NHS if it focuses too much on financial savings at the expense of patient safety.
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NewsHunt: 5,000 new GPs the 'maximum' in five years
Jeremy Hunt has said recruiting 5,000 additional GPs would be the ‘maximum’ possible within the next five years.
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NewsCQC to fight 'risk of bias' against private providers
The Care Quality Commission is trying to recruit more advisers from the independent sector to guard against the risk of ‘bias’ in the way it assesses private providers, an adviser to the regulator has said.
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HSJ LocalWorcestershire shake-up gets green light amid A&E concerns
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration of acute services in Worcestershire will go ahead after receiving the green light from the West Midlands Clinical Senate.
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HSJ LocalStaffing and overcrowding flagged in Gloucestershire inspection
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalInspectors worried by overcrowded A&E department
PERFORMANCE: Hospital inspectors have expressed ‘urgent concern’ at the risk to patients arriving by ambulance at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust’s main emergency department where they saw severe overcrowding.
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HSJ Local
Mental health trust improves safety and quality of services
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has improved the quality and safety of its services, regulators have found.
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NewsNHS England: Digital plans 'could save £10bn'
Plans to roll out the use of digital technology in the health service could result in efficiency savings up to £10bn by 2020, work conducted for NHS England has estimated.
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NewsCQC’s new efficiency role could ‘taint’ quality focus
There is a risk the Care Quality Commission’s new responsibility for rating hospitals’ efficiency could ‘taint’ its focus on quality, senior health policy experts have said.
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LeaderThe dominance of white men at the very top shames the NHS
It is unacceptable and unsustainable
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HSJ LocalSouth Tees hit by regulatory double whammy
PEFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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SupplementsSupplement: Social care crises require a rapid response
How the British Red Cross supports patients in social crises