All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 172
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Improvement notice for trust
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals trust has been served with an improvement notice after it became the first trust to fail to comply with the hygiene code.
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Patient safety: making the most of an incident
Reporting of patient safety incidents in Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire primary care trusts has been relatively low. An incident learning group, formed in 2004, brings together clinicians and managers to review incident reports, formal complaints and patient advice and liaison services data. Discussion enables common themes and areas of ...
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Maternity unit's near miss
A trust has reversed its decision to close a maternity unit after threats from a local MP to raise the issue with the prime minister.
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Media watch
The Suncalled it the 'Doctors' check-up' and the Daily Expressan 'MOT to weed out dodgy doctors'.
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Michael white on politics
'The GMC last month took the historic step of abandoning the principle of self-regulation. It has yet to do so officially'
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Mike White on politics
'Would an NHS constitution require primary legislation? How would an arm's-length board be accountable? Tricky'
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Some trusts will stay in red, MPs warn
Some NHS trusts will never get back into financial balance, one of the government's turnaround advisers has admitted.
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Radiation overdose triggers probe
Immediate inspections of Scotland's five cancer radiotherapy centres will be held after a report into a radiation overdose found a catalogue of failings.
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More power to scrutiny
Stuart Shepherd looks at how scrutiny committees are tackling the growing problem of obesity in Britain
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Independent providers opened up to public scrutiny
The Healthcare Commission has launched a new web service that provides patients and the public with information about performance in independent acute hospitals, mental health units and independent sector treatment centres.Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker, said: 'We want to make sure that patients have access to information about the ...
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MHRA issues safety warning about blood glucose meters
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has identified a safety problem with some blood glucose meters which, under certain conditions, may display the wrong units of measurement.This could result in an insulin overdose and hypoglycaemic coma.The MHRA has issued advice following a number of reports of adverse incidents where ...
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New assisted reproduction proposals published
The government has also published a white paper setting out its proposals for an overhaul of the law on assisted human reproduction and embryology research and the bodies that regulate this area and the use of human tissues.The paper says a Regulatory Authority for Tissue and Embryos, to be known ...
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Exclusive: PCT fitness bill hits £6.5m
The primary care trust fitness for purpose programme cost the Department of Health £6.5m, HSJhas learned.
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Medicines agency reports progress on over-the-counter medicines
Good progress is being made on the better regulation of over-the-counter medicines initiatives, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has found. In its second report on the initiative, the agency found developments include rollout of a self-certification scheme for prescriptions-only medicine and a review ...
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Cold comfort for the waitbusters
From planner to manager, Matthew Kershaw finds himself with the challenge of delivering the care pathway he helped to develop
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Monitor will demand service level figures from foundation trusts
Monitor is set to instruct foundation trusts to provide more accurate information about the financial performance of each of their services.
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Audit Commission says PCTs should fine acutes for errors
The job of clinical coding should be given a higher priority within NHS trusts in order to make payment by results work, according to the Audit Commission.
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Hit squads set to swoop over Scottish cancer targets
Cancer hit squads are to be sent into Scottish NHS boards to ensure that targets on waiting times are met.
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Failing trusts can be shut down
A new super-regulator will have the power to shut down failing trusts and services, the Department of Health has revealed.
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New agenda replaces targets
The Department of Health is to focus on quality, safety and patient experience - leaving the Healthcare Commission to ensure compliance against locally set priorities, according to director of commissioning Duncan Selbie.