All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 6
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: CQC inspections become the inspected
The tables have turned for the Care Quality Commission. This week HSJ revealed the government is launching a review of its new inspection regime and whether its ratings are properly incentivising care improvements.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers trigger review of CQC inspection regime
The government is launching a review of the Care Quality Commission and has appointed a senior NHS figure to lead it, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s ‘leadership behaviour’ attacked by six ICBs
Six integrated care board chiefs in the Midlands have written to an ambulance trust over a “pattern of behaviour” they claim its leadership team has displayed since its Care Quality Commission rating was downgraded.
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HSJ LocalReferrals to largest private provider halted
A health system has stopped sending mental health patients to the country’s largest single provider of out-of-area placements.
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News£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths.
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NewsEx-CQC boss to lead £85m deficit trust
A former Care Quality Commission chief executive is to take over as chair of a high-profile trust with long-running financial problems.
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CommentRating the CQC
In a week of turbulent regulatory news, no one can be bothered to rate the CQC and system inspections prove elusive. Julian Patterson pretends to care.
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NewsNew CQC inspections put on hold by ministers
The Care Quality Commission’s assessments of integrated care systems have been put on hold at the last minute, as the government declined to sign off on the process.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Warnings of ‘cover-up culture’ while experts say patient safety ‘requires improvement’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsFirst time trust CEO quits suddenly after two years
The chief executive of an acute trust has stepped down to spend more time with her family and to return to education.
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NewsExclusive: Maternity delays spark thousands of safety alerts each year
Maternity departments are raising thousands of safety reports every year about delayed inductions of labour, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHospital told to pair with ‘critical friend’
The Care Quality Commission has told Rampton Hospital it must partner with another high secure hospital as a “critical friend”, in recommendations from a government-ordered “rapid review”.
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NewsTrust sets £20m ultimatum for ICBs to fund CQC requirements
An ambulance trust is preparing to ask its commissioners for an extra £20m – and is planning to withdraw some staff seconded to work at A&Es – after the Care Quality Commission ordered it to improve response times.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Skin in the game
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsLeaders urge review of single-word CQC ratings after headteacher death
Trust chiefs have collectively called for the Care Quality Commission to review its use of single-word inspection ratings, following MPs’ calls for an overhaul of Ofsted ratings for schools.
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NewsTwo more directors accuse trust leaders of ‘Islamophobia’
Two more non-executive directors have criticised the leaders of Bradford Teaching Hospitals, accusing them of using “Islamophobic tropes” and retaliating against “dissenting opinion”.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Trouble in the Black Country
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsJust a quarter of CQC staff believe its leaders have the right values
The latest staff survey results for the Care Quality Commission suggest a significant drop in confidence in the regulator’s leaders.
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NewsTrust ‘not guilty’ after CQC prosecution
A mental health trust has been found not guilty of care failings relating to an inpatient’s death following a trial which concluded today, over charges brought by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s leadership downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A teaching trust’s leadership has been rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission, as inspectors warned of a “genuine fear” of speaking up and staff feeling unsafe from bullying, sexual harassment, misogyny, and racism.