All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 144
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HSJ LocalEx-Circle director plans 'significant changes' at NHS trust to tackle death rates
PERFORMANCE: High mortality rates at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust have demonstrated the need for “significant changes” to staffing and services, its recently appointed chief has told HSJ.
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NewsMid 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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Great Western reports wrong site surgery
PERFORMANCE: Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust has reported the occurence of a “never event”.
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Interim James Paget chair warns of 'distractions'
PERFORMANCE: The interim chair of James Paget University FT has warned the trust must not let the row which unseated his predecessor “distract” it from patient care.
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NewsCQC investigation finds improvements still needed at the Pilgrim Hospital
There is still a risk of patients “being exposed to poor care” at the Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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East London trust to receive extra 'Darzi fellow' support
WORKFORCE: A troubled east London trust is to get extra support from clinicians on the capital’s Fellowships in Clinical Leadership scheme, formerly known as the Darzi Fellowship.
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FT chair resigns after political pressure
WORKFORCE: The chair of James Paget University Hospitals FT has resigned after pressure from local politicians and GPs, claiming he was “seen politically as a hindrance to improving patient care”.
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Trust hits back at 'scandalous' Mid Staffs comparison
PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospital FT has hit back at GPs and local politicians for making a “scandalous comparison” with Mid Staffordshire Hospital.
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GPs blow the whistle on James Paget FT
PERFORMANCE: The health secretary will visit James Paget University Hospitals FT this week after GPs warned of “another Mid Staffs” if care is not improved at the hospital.
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Troubled trust gets fourth chair in two years
WORKFORCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of its fourth chair since January 2010.
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Second London reconfiguration approved
COMMERCIAL: The health secretary has approved the closure of services at King George Hospital in Ilford.
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CommentNo respite for East Midlands trusts despite CQC shortage
The Care Quality Commission has made no secret of its shortage of inspectors and funds. NHS leaders facing equally pressing financial concerns may see a respite from the regulator’s prying eyes as a blessing, but those in the East Midlands have had little chance to rejoice.
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NewsLansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care
Plans to “root out” problems in the care of older people will see hundreds of hospitals and care homes subject to higher numbers of unannounced checks.
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NewsProtection for whistleblowers to become constitutional right
Protection for NHS whistleblowers will be enshrined in the NHS constitution from next year, health secretary Andrew Lansley has announced.
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CommentMedia Watch: Lansley faces the flack after Question Time attack
Monday’s Daily Mail treated readers not only to “Cliff [Richard]: ‘why I’d consider euthanasia’” but a bumper column from Melanie Phillips on nursing.
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East Sussex Hospitals waits on CQC progress report
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Hospitals says it expects the Care Quality Commission to report soon that it has made “substantial progress” against a number of concerns raised by the regulator.
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Delay to plans for integrated sexual health service
PERFORMANCE: All but one of the services provided by new social enterprise Sirona Care & Health has been registered by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsHospitals failing elderly on care quality
A fifth of NHS hospitals are breaking the law on care of the elderly, according to a new report, with two trusts given prior warnings still leaving patients without intravenous fluids and one incontinent patient left unwashed despite asking for help.
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NewsGovernment 'duty of candour' plans criticised
Government proposals to contractually oblige organisations providing NHS services to inform patients of mistakes in their care have been criticised as inadequate.
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NewsUneaten meals costing trusts £20m a year
Nearly eight per cent of hospital meals are returned uneaten at a cost to the NHS of more than £22m a year, according to trusts’ figures.