All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 155
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CommentMichael White: caution and openness
Watching Andrew Lansley introduce MPs to his “nudge” white paper on public health, I was struck by how much it is still a first draft and by how enthusiastic the new generation of Conservative MPs is for bossiness.
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NewsCQC to scan Twitter for care complaints
The Care Quality Commission is working on an IT system to monitor social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for complaints about care homes and healthcare providers.
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HSJ KnowledgePrepare now for divesting provider arms
PCTs have just months to the deadline for divesting their provider arms. Clarity now will prevent nasty issues later, say John Chapman and Tracy Saunby
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NewsLatest Dr Foster guide reveals hospital trusts with high death rates
Death rates at 19 hospital trusts in England were alarmingly high last year, according to the latest Dr Foster Hospital Guide.
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NewsAcademics criticise the pace of change
Academics have warned MPs the pace of the government’s reforms on commissioning will endanger the NHS, even if they are good policies in principle.
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NewsiPhone app rates NHS services
A free iPhone application that allows patients to keep track of their NHS appointments and rate the services they use has been launched by former health minister Lord Darzi.
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News'Major concern' over mental health hospital - CQC report
An NHS hospital is to be kept under “close review” after a series of breaches relating to quality and safety standards, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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NewsPatients Association rubbishes local invovement networks
The Patients Association has criticised the current patient involvement system and expressed doubt about white paper plans to reform it.
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NewsGovernment scraps adult social services performance assessment
Annual performance assessments that rate local councils on adult social care are to be scrapped once this year’s ratings are announced later this month.
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NewsMid Staffs compensation bill revealed
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been forced to pay out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to bereaved relatives and victims of its “appalling” patient care.
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NewsMental health order use 'very worrying'
Concerns have been raised about how Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) forcing mental health patients to take their medication are being served and carried out.
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NewsPrivate tests 'need monitoring'
Regulators should have a bigger role in monitoring private companies offering body scans, genetic testing and medicines online, a report has said.
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NewsRegistered manager missing from 1,000 care homes
Almost 1,000 care homes across England have no registered manager, a watchdog said today.
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NewsKey NHS providers face loans limits
Providers running health and social care services deemed “essential” will have their borrowings capped and will not be able to use the assets involved in those services as security in loans.
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NewsGP commissioners must not ignore specialist advice, surgeons warn
GP consortia could struggle to commission specialist services such as surgery if they fail to consult with colleagues in the acute sector, the Royal College of Surgeons of England has warned.
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NewsCQC lifts condition on mental health trust
A health trust has had one of three conditions previously placed on it by the CQC lifted after it demonstrated that it has improved its system of ensuring patients’ detention papers are properly renewed under the Mental Health Act.
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NewsCQC gives nearly-all-clear to troubled foundation trust
The Care Quality Commission has lifted two of three conditions on the licence of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsNursing regulator to explore extension of powers
The Nursing and Midwifery Council plans to explore how to monitor “systemic failure” in NHS trusts.
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NewsCQC warns mental health trust of legal action
The Care Quality Commission has issued its toughest warning yet to a trust for failing to make sufficient improvements after receiving an initial warning.
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NewsHealthWatch must have no monopoly
The Care Quality Commission has warned that the government’s new patient advocacy service must not “crowd out” the views of other patients’ bodies.