All Care Quality Commission (CQC) articles – Page 7
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‘Abuse’ at NHS unit subject to police investigation
A police investigation is under way into allegations of abuse at an NHS-run home for men with severe learning disabilities and autism, it has emerged.
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Trust cuts a fifth of exec team amid leadership concerns
One of the NHS’s biggest trusts is cutting 20 per cent of its executive board roles, HSJ has learned.
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Four new CQC directors named after long delay
The Care Quality Commission has finally been able to appoint four new non-executive board members — one of whom will be the chair of Healthwatch England — after months of delays.
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HSJ Local
Error causes 800 patients to be wrongly removed from waiting list
A trust is carrying out a review after hundreds of patients were wrongly removed from the waiting list and potentially missed out on treatment.
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‘Devastated’ director quits after ‘bullying’ row with consultants
A trust director has stepped down after a row with consultants about the leadership culture within her department, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
‘Good’ maternity unit downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A Norfolk hospital’s maternity services have been downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, with warnings raised about the safety and quality of care provided.
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Patient Safety Watch: Not just ‘one of those things’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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Trust’s two maternity units rated ‘inadequate’
Standards of care at a trust at the centre of a baby deaths scandal have declined further, with both maternity units now being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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Group CEO set to lead fourth trust
A chief executive who already leads three trusts looks set to also take the helm at a struggling neighbouring provider, HSJ has learned.
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Sunak’s local acute becomes first to be upgraded to ‘good’ since covid
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded a major hospital trust to a ‘good’ rating for what is believed to be the first time since the start of the pandemic.
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HSJ Local
Protect trusts from ‘regulators’ demands’, ICB told
An external review has advised an integrated care board to do more to ‘hold the umbrella up’ to regulators, to protect its providers from their demands.
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ICB sends trust five safety warnings in six weeks
An integrated care board has sent multiple warnings to a local trust, highlighting ‘serious issues’ with the safety and quality of care provided.
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Exclusive: Trust execs accused of creating a ‘cult of the individual’
Regulators are probing a series of whistleblowing claims about the leadership culture of a trust which is rated ‘outstanding’ for its management, HSJ has learned.
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Leak shows NHSE ‘sorry’ for endorsing service which ‘hurt patients’
NHS England is ‘sorry’ for backing a mental healthcare model which it now admits has caused hurt to patients, according to a leaked draft policy document.
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150 ‘sexual safety incidents’ reported at ‘inadequate’ service in six months
A mental health trust’s acute and intensive care wards have been downgraded to “inadequate”, following a series of incidents including sexual assaults, fire setting, and patients taking their own lives while on leave.
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HSJ Local
Staff suspended after ‘sleeping in patient’s bed’
Staff were suspended by their trust after they were found to have been sleeping in a patient’s bed, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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Intervention at major trust as junior doctors flag patient safety risks
Trainee medics in a troubled maternity department have flagged concerns with national regulators over the safety of patients, it has emerged.
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