All Mike Richards articles – Page 9
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NewsPwC to support 'operational challenge' of new inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is drafting in staff from PwC to help support the first wave of its new inspection regime, board papers reveal.
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NewsBerwick dashes hopes on minimum staffing levels
The Berwick review into patient safety has stopped short of recommending a minimum safe staffing level for NHS hospital wards.
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CommentHealthwatch's voice key to shaping the NHS
The new body should be regarded as a regulator of health and social care
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HSJ Local
Frimley Park in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Royal Surrey in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Dartford in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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NewsChief inspector plans 'small army' to target hospitals
Eighteen acute NHS trusts are to be inspected by the CQC in the first wave of inspections under the chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsDoctors question hospital chief inspector’s independence
A new survey suggests that while hospital doctors have concerns about the introduction of a chief inspector of hospitals they are significantly less opposed to the reform than senior management.
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NewsExclusive: Chief inspector of hospitals revealed
Former cancer tsar Sir Mike Richards has been appointed as the first chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ LocalFoundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.
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LeaderCommissioning board mandate must set out a clear vision
CCGs should be wary about what comes next.
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News'Be clear' bowel cancer campaign launched by government
A government campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer.
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NewsIndependent NHS screening review launched
An independent review of NHS breast screening is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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NewsDoctors 'failing' cancer patients on side effects
Cancer patients are being let down “far too often” by doctors failing to spot other medical problems caused by their treatment, according to a leading expert on the disease.
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NewsCancer tsar calls for radiotherapy investment
Investment is needed in new radiotherapy technology but both commissioners and the public need to be convinced of the benefits, according to the cancer tsar.
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NewsEnd of life care must be prioritised to avoid A&E admissions
Healthcare commissioners must prioritise end of life care to ensure people’s choices are met and to avoid unnecessary emergency hospital admissions, according to advice published today.
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NewsDH tsar slams NHS shake-up
The claim that “large chunks of the NHS” need to be abolished because services are over-managed is “complete baloney”, heart tsar Sir Roger Boyle has told HSJ.