All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 2
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NewsDHSC staffing spend up under Labour
Spending on staff at the Department of Health and Social Care and seven other central agencies has increased by more than 10 per cent since Labour came to power, analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: For safer maternity care, we need action, not words
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsTrust’s leaders ‘focused on new hospital, not safety’, finds CQC
Leaders at a trust with “inadequate” maternity services were focused on plans for a new hospital “to the detriment of current service challenges”, the care regulator has said.
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HSJ LocalHospitals’ ‘long-term poor culture’ called out by CQC
A major acute trust has been warned by the Care Quality Commission about a “long-term history of poor culture” in one of its departments.
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NewsRegional director made a dame
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
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NewsCEO retires after 25 years
A chief executive is to retire after six years leading a Yorkshire acute trust.
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News‘Outstanding’ rating for trust’s leaders who ‘have each other's backs’
The “honest, transparent and visible” leadership at a trust whose staff feel they are “part of a family” has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSix CQC board directors replaced
Nearly all the Care Quality Commission’s non-executive directors have left, making way for six new recruits, including an NHS England director.
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NewsCQC warns trust over maternity staffing
The trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates in the country has been told it must improve its midwifery staffing.
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CommentA new job for the CQC
To make integrated care a success, someone needs to monitor the gaps between services, and CQC is the best pick for it, writes Jacob Lant
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NewsExternal reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Two external reviews are being commissioned into maternity and neonatal care at the trust with the highest perinatal mortality rates.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO named at trust facing calls for public inquiry
A trust facing calls for a public inquiry into its care standards has appointed a new CEO.
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NewsCQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
A trust medical director has been appointed as the chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNHS facing another national maternity services review
Another major inquiry into patient safety within NHS maternity departments is being considered, HSJ has learned, this time by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair resigns amid calls for public inquiry
The chair of a challenged mental health trust facing ongoing calls for a public inquiry has resigned months after its former CEO also departed.
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HSJ LocalTrust admits it ‘cannot safely run’ maternity service
A trust is set to close one of its birthing units for at least six months after admitting it “cannot safely run” the service.
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NewsTrust secures ‘good’ ratings after years of safety failures
The trust at the heart of long-running maternity care failures has had both its units upgraded to “good” from “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCQC hires NHSE director as chief inspector
NHS England’s inequalities director has been appointed as the Care Quality Commission’s new chief inspector of primary and community services.
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NewsSacked CEO treated ‘unreasonably’ by NHS agency
An NHS agency continued to resist a claim for unfair dismissal from its former chief executive even after it became clear there was no basis to do so, a judge has concluded.
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NewsTrust’s A&E service jumps from inadequate to good after site move
An emergency department previously criticised by inspectors has been upgraded from “inadequate” to “good” by the Care Quality Commission following its move to a new site.