All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 129
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Hilary Thomas on NHS clinical governance and the credit crunch
I had the good fortune to attend a breast cancer conference in the US recently. Nearly a decade after I stopped treating breast cancer, this was in my role as a trustee of Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
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Double weak PCT gets new chairman
Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust has appointed a new chairman.
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Health watchdog handover is on 'red risk'
Crucial staffing and financial decisions regarding the handover from the Healthcare Commission to the Care Quality Commission are still unresolved just two months before the new body takes over.
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Wife of CQC man joins its board
The Care Quality Commission has appointed the wife of its transition director to a board level position as director of engagement.
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NHS Confederation backtracks over SHA claims
The NHS Confederation has been forced to clarify its position on strategic health authorities after one of its senior policy managers last week called for a major rethink of their role under a new regulatory regime.
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Lisa Rodrigues on NHS kindness
At the end of 2008, King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson was reported as saying that NHS staff have lost their compassion and that his organisation wants to help bring it back. I could not agree less.
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Care Quality Commission could make SHAs redundant
The NHS Confederation has called for a major rethink of strategic health authorities' roles in light of the new regulatory regime.
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Patient death sparks review of independent treatment centre
The Healthcare Commission has announced a review of services at an independent treatment centre in Yorkshire following the inquest into the death of a patient in 2007.
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Scotland unveils new patient safety reporting system
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has introduced a new system of reporting healthcare-associated infections for hospitals.
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Maidstone praised for infection control progress
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells trust has been praised for the progress it has made on tackling infection control - but trust managers have been warned they should not relax.The Healthcare Commission made a series of visits to the trust in October and November - a year after its critical report ...
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NHS data sets under scrutiny
The national statistics watchdog has highlighted four NHS data sets it wants to bring under its scrutiny.
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Homerton University Hospitals warned over hygiene breaches
The Healthcare Commission has issued an improvement notice to Homerton University Hospitals foundation trust after discovering significant breaches of the hygiene code.
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Healthcare Commission rebukes trust over maternity failures
A hospital trust has been ordered to strengthen its leadership and recruit more midwives following a Healthcare Commission investigation.
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Merger on the cards for troubled foundation trust
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases foundation trust has decided it may need to merge with another organisation to be financially stable.
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Annual health check to be replaced with 'periodic reviews'
The annual health check will be scrapped next year and replaced with 'periodic reviews' of commissioners and providers, the Care Quality Commission has announced.The CQC, which takes over from the three health and social care regulators next April, has set out its proposals for assessing organisations in a consultation paper ...
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Sandy Watson on NHS performance management
NHS boards have very clear roles. They must ensure governance arrangements are sound, probity and propriety are to the fore, a strategic steer is given to the executive team and staff, the executives are held to account and supported, and there are clear and effective performance management mechanisms.
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What the operating framework means for PCTs, providers and SHAs
PCTsContracts with PCT provider services by AprilPreparing for legal right to choiceUpgrading and increasing GP premisesReductions in mixed-sex accommodation"Pricing framework" for community servicesProvidersNew MRSA minimum standardPayments linked to qualityMeeting safeguarding children duties"Least restrictive environment possible" for mental healthcareSHAsProducing talent and leadership plansEnsuring providers use funds to improve trainingWorkforce plans for ...
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Healthcare Commission warns NHS has some way to go on patient safety
NHS boards are devolving vital decisions on safety and failing to report serious incidents such as radiation overdoses, preliminary Healthcare Commission findings have revealed.
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Huge leadership challenge to implement Darzi review
Managers have been warned to expect a 'huge leadership challenge' in an operating framework devoted to implementing the next stage review.
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Comply with NICE or pay, Care Quality Commission tells trusts
Healthcare providers could be shut down for failing to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance under plans to make adherence a requirement of the Care Quality Commission's registration scheme.