All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 123
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NewsCQC to probe end of life care
The Care Quality Commission is to launch an investigation into inequalities in end of life care this summer.
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NewsCQC to launch crisis care inspections in summer
Services for people in mental health crisis are to be put under the spotlight this summer with a round of targeted inspections by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPoor leadership to trigger special measures
Poor leadership will become one of the chief reasons for recommending that trusts are placed in “special measures”, the health and social care regulator has proposed.
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NewsInpatient poll: Information provision still a problem
A large-scale survey of NHS patients has pinpointed several key areas for improvement in hospitals across England.
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HSJ PartnersThe impact of new CQC powers on providers
The regulator will gain new enforcement powers
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NewsOutgoing NHS Wales chief defends record
The outgoing chief executive of NHS Wales has defended the service’s performance in the country under his watch as he prepares to return to a leadership position within the English health service.
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HSJ KnowledgeDeprivation of liberty – guidelines from the Supreme Court
What constitutes a deprivation of liberty?
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HSJ LocalTrust's FT bid delayed by CQC findings
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation status has been further delayed, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the trust “required improvement”.
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HSJ Local
Staff raise 'racially motivated bullying' concerns at trust
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors visiting Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals were told of “significant tensions” and “racially motivated bullying and harassment” among staff at the trust, a report published this week reveals.
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NewsTDA budget to grow by 66 per cent as costs of regulation mount
The NHS Trust Development Authority will see its budget grow by two thirds in 2014-15, in the latest indication of the price tag attached to the Department of Health’s new focus on regulation.
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HSJ LocalMaternity services at Keogh trust rated "inadequate"
The Care Quality Commission has given Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust a “requires improvement” rating under its new inspection regime.
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NewsMilburn: 'Scrap TDA and make all providers foundation trusts'
The architect of the foundation trust model has called for the scrapping of the NHS Trust Development Authority and the imposition of an all-foundation trust sector.
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HSJ Local
CQC warning notices for mental health centres
Central and North West London Foundation Trust has been given three warning notices after CQC inspectors raised concerns at two mental health centres the trust runs.
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NewsCQC set to run list of 'unfit' directors
A register of poorly performing NHS directors is to be set up and maintained by the Care Quality Commission to prevent “unfit” managers working and moving between health and care providers.
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NewsCQC trialling appeals process for quality ratings
The Care Quality Commission is to begin trialling a new appeals process which will allow providers to challenge the regulator’s ratings in certain circumstances.
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HSJ LocalCQC highlights quality problems at Tameside
An under-fire hospital foundation trust has been reprimanded by regulators for failing to meet national safety standards.
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CQC plans 50pc rise in DH funding for overhauled inspections
The Care Quality Commission is planning for a 50 per cent increase in the money it receives from the Department of Health to fund its overhauled inspection regime.
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NewsField: Unannounced GP inspections will continue
The Care Quality Commission will continue to make unannounced inspections of GP practices after its new inspection regime comes into force, the chief inspector of general practice has told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: the first areas to face new GP inspection regime
HSJ can reveal the first 12 clinical commissioning group areas that will be inspected under the Care Quality Commission’s new general practice inspection regime.