All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 162
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LeaderStars of the health check ratings must not be eclipsed by failures
The annual health check reveals a stronger performance by primary care trusts, but provides worrying signs that improvement in acute trusts has stalled.
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NewsMental health trusts shine in annual health check despite tougher tests
More than three quarters of mental health trusts have received good or excellent annual health check scores for service quality, despite far more rigorous assessment this year.
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NewsPCTs show improvement in annual health check but a slide in excellence
Primary care trusts have improved their overall performance in the 2008-09 annual health check but have slipped back on achieving excellence.
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NewsAnnual health check - best and worst
Thirty-eight NHS organisations scored excellent in both quality and finance. Figures in brackets show the number of consecutive years the trust has held a double excellent score. Only one trust has scored a double weak this year.
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NewsHealth check improvements mask decline in acute trust performance
The performance of acute trusts in the annual health check has dropped for the first time despite overall improvements in service quality across the NHS.
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NewsNMC calls on government to help whistleblowers
Nurses and midwives are not reporting poor care because of bad whistleblowing procedures, the chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has said.
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NewsCQC clocks up first class expenses
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has spent nearly £6,000 on first class rail travel and taxis in the first three months of its existence.
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NewsNHS admin must be slashed by £1.5bn
NHS organisations are preparing to have to shave a third off their running costs if the Conservatives take power next year.
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NewsCQC warns against Conservative cuts
Conservative plans to slash NHS “bureaucracy” and “quangos” could leave the Care Quality Commission unable to visit the services it is supposed to be inspecting, the regulator’s chief executive has said.
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NewsMental health chiefs to confront CQC on survey
Mental health trust chief executives are to meet the Care Quality Commission to discuss its handling of results from the national inpatients survey.
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NewsTrust criticised over dirty ambulances
An ambulance service has been issued with a warning after the Care Quality Commission found it was failing to protect its patients from infections.
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NewsCQC calls for review of out of hours GP services
A Care Quality Commission report has urged healthcare managers to review the quality of their out of hours services over fears that some private GP companies do not meet basic standards.
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CommentDavid Stout on the NHS public profile
Some decisions will always be unpopular, so PCTs must improve their reputation by ensuring that all decisions are seen to be transparent, efficient and fair
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving diet to improve mental health
Dieticians in mental health trusts can help make the shift to preventive wellbeing services, says Stuart Shepherd
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NewsHalf of mental health inpatients feel unsafe
Many mental health patients in England are being let down on central aspects of hospital care, a survey by the Care Quality Commission has revealed.
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NewsNHS information handling must improve - CQC
NHS organisations have been urged by the Care Quality Commission to improve the way they use patient records.
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NewsPoor communication 'spreads hospital infections'
A lack of communication between hospitals and care homes is aiding the spread of MRSA and other infections, the Care Quality Commission has claimed.
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NewsCQC says poorest areas suffer worse care from GPs
People in the poorest areas of Britain suffer from lower standards of NHS primary care, according to a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.
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NewsCQC warns 'laggards' over core standards deadline
The NHS in England faces a big challenge in meeting the Care Quality Commission’s deadline for registering against its new set of core standards, the regulator’s chair has warned.