All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 109
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NewsCQC lifts condition on mental health trust
A health trust has had one of three conditions previously placed on it by the CQC lifted after it demonstrated that it has improved its system of ensuring patients’ detention papers are properly renewed under the Mental Health Act.
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NewsMS doctor 'should be struck off' - GMC
A doctor who gave multiple sclerosis patients “pointless” injections of a substance containing stem cells should be struck off, a fitness to practise hearing has been told.
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NewsCQC gives nearly-all-clear to troubled foundation trust
The Care Quality Commission has lifted two of three conditions on the licence of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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NewsCQC warns mental health trust of legal action
The Care Quality Commission has issued its toughest warning yet to a trust for failing to make sufficient improvements after receiving an initial warning.
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Quality payment targets centred on patient safety
The majority of local quality payment targets given to hospital trusts are focused on patient safety, analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsNursing regulator to explore extension of powers
The Nursing and Midwifery Council plans to explore how to monitor “systemic failure” in NHS trusts.
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NewsFTs call for lighter control
Foundation trusts are in conflict with Monitor over the future regulation of their financial planning and governance.
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NewsBarbara Young appointed head of diabetes charity
Former chair of the Care Quality Commission Dame Barbara Young has been appointed chief executive of the charity Diabetes UK.
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NewsCosmetic surgery providers breach CQC rules
Hundreds of cosmetic surgery providers have breached Care Quality Commission rules by failing to respond to a national inquiry into patient outcomes and deaths.
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NewsDH puts Monitor chief job on ice
The government’s civil service recruitment freeze is delaying Monitor from recruiting a new chief executive, despite urgent calls for “strong leadership” at the regulator, which is set to be given sweeping new powers.
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NewsTrusts not meeting equality requirements
More than 90 per cent of NHS organisations could be failing to meet their legal requirements to publish equality documents, a consultancy firm has warned.
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Trust rapped over patient records found at bus stop
A trust has signed an agreement to tighten up its data protection procedures after more than 100 copies of patient records were found on a CD left at a bus stop.
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LeaderThe accountability of overspending GPs
The British Medical Association has declared GP consortia must be “democratically accountable” to practices. And they “should act with integrity and leadership when considering the accountability of practices”.
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NewsClinical coding improving, says Audit Commission
The accuracy of hospital trusts’ clinical coding has improved significantly in the past three years, but remains very poor at some organisations, according to the Audit Commission.
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NewsCQC tells United Lincs to improve on dignity and workforce support
An acute trust has been told to improve standards on quality and safety following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCompetition scrutiny for North West
The Cooperation and Competition Panel has escalated an investigation into specialised commissioning for mental health services in the North West.
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HSJ Knowledge
Updated CQC regulations
As of April 2010 the Care Quality Commission introduced a new regulatory system which aims to ensure that people can expect services to meet essential standards of quality and safety that respect their dignity and protect their rights.
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NewsAudit Commission to be abolished
The Audit Commission will be abolished from 2012, the Department of Communities and Local Government has confirmed.
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NewsPessimistic foundation trusts set tough savings target
Foundation trusts are expecting their income to drop by an average 0.8 per cent a year from 2010-11 to 2012-13.
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NewsMonitor says FT in 'significant breach' of its authorisation
Monitor has declared Poole Hospital Foundation Trust to be in breach of its terms of authorisation.