All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 10
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NewsIntegrated care systems to be CQC-rated, says Hancock
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said integrated care systems will be rated by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsJeremy Hunt’s safety programme has stalled, say bereaved families
Bereaved families have been left feeling like their efforts to improve patient safety have been ‘in vain’ as progress of a government programme instigated by Jeremy Hunt appears to have ‘stalled’.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned by regulator after cluster of never events
The Care Quality Commission has ordered immediate improvements to a trust after it reported six never events inside eight months.
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NewsConcerns over ‘local leadership’ helped drive doubling of whistleblowing in December
The NHS’ response to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic saw the number of whistleblowing concerns raised with the Care Quality Commission almost double in December, with the strength of local leadership among the most frequent complaints.
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NewsTrusts could get new CQC ratings without inspection
The Care Quality Commission could regularly change its ratings of health and care providers without inspectors visiting them, under new plans from the watchdog.
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NewsGovernment finally accepts need for ‘independent’ national patient safety commissioner
The government has accepted the need for a new ‘patient safety commissioner’, according to the author of a safety review commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to ramp up inspections of trusts’ infection control
Trusts’ infection control measures will be put under greater scrutiny by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has been told.
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NewsNew trust’s ‘inexperienced’ leadership criticised as CQC serves warning
The Care Quality Commission has criticised a new trust’s leadership after issuing it with a warning notice to improve care in its two emergency departments.
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NewsKirkup: ‘Significant reluctance’ in health system to review ‘historic’ cases
One of England’s top authorities on patient safety has warned there is ‘significant reluctance’ in the health service to investigate cases considered ‘historic’, after he published a report today detailing a ‘20-year cover-up’ over the death of a baby girl.
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CommentThe case for strong systems and joined-up care
Chris Ham and Clare Gerada argue that partnership working, not legislation alone, is the key to improved health and integrated care
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NewsDHSC review ‘compounded mother’s suffering’, concludes watchdog
The Department of Health and Social Care has been criticised by the national health ombudsman for the ‘maladministration’ of a 2018 review into the death of a teenage girl under the care of one of England’s top specialist hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust chief steps down to join national covid testing team
The chief executive of a hospital trust is standing down to join national work on testing for covid-19, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalCQC orders staffing and safety improvements at trust scrutinised over deaths
A mental health trust has been told to make ‘urgent improvements’ by regulators after a fourth inpatient death occurred with similar themes to three other patients dying within 12 months.
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NewsTrust ‘could have avoided four never events’ if it had acted on alert
A trust which had four ‘never events’ where patients were connected to air rather than an oxygen supply could have avoided them if it had been more proactive when a national patient safety alert was sent out several years earlier, a report has found.
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NewsExclusive: Watchdog investigating national rise in stillbirths during covid first wave
A national review has been launched by safety investigators because of an increased number of stillbirths during the first wave of covid, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC launches criminal investigation into medication incidents at major acute trust
A major acute trust has confirmed the health service inspectorate has begun a criminal investigation into three incidents at its hospitals.
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NewsWards rated ‘inadequate’ treble in a year
Inspectors are finding more evidence of poor care in inpatient wards for people with a learning disability or autism, with the proportion of these services rated as ‘inadequate’ more than tripling in a year.
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News‘Babies are still being damaged’ Tory peer warns ‘evasive’ ministers
The government has been told it is ‘not sustainable’ to continue to delay its response to a major review on patient safety as ‘babies are still being damaged’.
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NewsNHSE made ‘urgent’ request that patients be admitted to service despite lack of trained staff
NHS England made ‘urgent requests’ to a new eating disorder service to admit patients before staff had been properly trained, the provider has said.
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NewsIndependent sector model ‘inherently risky’, says CQC
The care model run by independent sector mental health and learning disability hospitals is ‘inherently risky’, a Care Quality Commission chief inspector has warned.