All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 30
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NewsExclusive: Alarm raised years before hospital’s ‘inadequate’ rating
Multiple concerns were raised about an inpatient hospital for several years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJeremy Hunt: ICSs could ‘deprioritise care quality’ without checks
Jeremy Hunt has warned that the NHS could take a ‘big step back’ if integrated care systems are not rated on safety and quality by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalSupplier to ‘every NHS trust’ placed in special measures
Patients have come to avoidable harm after a large private provider failed to deliver thousands of medicine prescriptions, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrusts to form first-of-its-kind group
Two East Midlands mental health and community trusts have agreed to what HSJ understands is a first-of-its-kind group arrangement.
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NewsProvider ‘dismisses’ CEO as regulators question governance and oversight
The directors of an east London primary care provider have told HSJ the organisation’s chief executive has been ‘dismissed’.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO appointed at northern acute trust
Len Richards will take the helm at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust in October after four years as the chief executive of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
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CommentFining NHS trusts is a pointless gesture
Peter Carter points out better ways need to be constructed than prosecuting NHS trusts and spending money on legal costs as means of improving standards and eliminating poor practice
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Trusts will find new NHSE guidance on provider collaboratives hard to swallow
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior correspondent Sharon Brennan.
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NewsTrust accused of ‘combative leadership’ announces new chief exec
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive after nine months with an interim at the helm.
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CommentHSIB should investigate staff well-being as well as patient safety
The NHS has been plagued by failures to learn lessons relating to patient safety and also by neglect of issues related to staff wellbeing. We offer two proposals to address this issue – that the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch broadens its remit to investigate adverse events relating to staff wellbeing, ...
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NewsNHS England warns provider it ‘will not tolerate’ further service failures
NHS England has told a large private provider it will ‘not tolerate failures’ after repeated concerns have been raised about its services.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider fined after failing to disclose treatment errors
A private healthcare provider has been ordered to pay £20,000 after failing to disclose errors in the treatment of patients under the care of a surgeon.
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NewsThree hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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NewsLandmark legal agreement sees Equality Rights Commission monitor trust’s record on sexual harassment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has required an ambulance trust to sign a legally-binding agreement stating how it will protect its staff from sexual harassment.
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HSJ Local‘Covid triangle’ A&E service rated ‘inadequate’ after infection control concerns
Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust’s urgent and emergency care services have been downgraded from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘inadequate’.
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HSJ LocalHeavily criticised trust recognised for improvements on infection control
A trust which was heavily criticised for poor infection prevention and control last summer has been praised for making improvements.
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News"Commercial partners" could take over "entirety" of planned imaging networks
New diagnostic imaging networks will be of such scale that they will be ‘significant operation businesses in their own right’ and will ‘need a distinct identity and arm’s length separation from the trusts’, NHS England has said.
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NewsCQC tells provider to inform police of staff assault on patient
Allegations of staff assaulting patients at a mental health hospital have been uncovered for a second time, one year after the Care Quality Commission first raised concerns over potential abuse at the unit.
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NewsHealth secretary could prop up unsafe services with new power, say NHS leaders
New powers given to the health secretary as part of proposed legislation could make local services unsafe, NHS Providers has warned the House of Commons health select committee.
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CommentFive priority areas for scrutiny in the forthcoming Health Bill
Chris Hopson outlines five key concerns that should be addressed in the upcoming health and care bill to avoid potential pitfalls