All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 26
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NewsNHS regional directors to be given regulatory powers
NHS Improvement is to scrap its regulation department – with its responsibilities largely devolved to seven new regional directors.
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NewsNational patient safety alerts to be prioritised
Critical safety alerts will be prioritised by a new national patient safety committee to ensure NHS hospital leaders take action when required, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust launches external investigation amid whistleblowing concerns
Whistleblowing concerns from senior clinicians about the quality of leadership at an acute trust has forced the chair to commission an external investigation, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExtending safe space powers 'wholly misconceived' warn MPs
MPs have told ministers to reconsider their plans to grant NHS trusts so-called ‘safe space’ powers as part of draft legislation to establish the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch in law.
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NewsRegulator reviews huge rise in failings at hospital mortuaries
Leading pathologists are reviewing a “dramatic increase” in the number of failings at hospital mortuaries across the NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCQC gaffe prompts re-inspection of NHS trust
The Care Quality Commission has been forced to apologise to an NHS trust after inspectors used data for another provider as part of its inspection report.
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NewsCQC reveals catalogue of failings in “unsafe” A&E
The CQC has found a catalogue of failings in an “unsafe” A&E, following an inspection prompted by a patient death.
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NewsRegulators agree joint plan to share care concerns quicker
Eight regulators have signed up to a new “protocol” about when to share concerns with each other to prevent poor care in health and social care settings.
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NewsCQC failed to share safeguarding concerns with councils
An independent investigation will be launched by the Care Quality Commission into how almost 100 safeguarding concerns raised with the regulator were not passed on to local authorities.
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HSJ LocalExternal review praises embattled trust's leadership after CQC criticism of bosses
An external review of the East of England Ambulance Services Trust’s leadership concluded bosses showed “cohesive leadership” and had a “clear vision” just weeks after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about how well led it was.
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NewsPrivate provider has third hospital placed in special measures
A private provider has had a third mental health hospital judged “inadequate” and placed in special measures by watchdog inspectors.
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NewsExclusive: Staff report 'dictatorial' culture in maternity department
An independent review of a trust’s maternity department has highlighted staff concerns about a “strong dictatorial culture”.
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NewsDHSC to tighten control over wholly owned subsidiary companies
Scrutiny and regulation of the NHS’s use of wholly owned subsidiary companies will be strengthened to ensure trusts do not set up such bodies “solely” for tax avoidance purposes.
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HSJ InteractiveWould video assistant referees improve CQC’s process of inspections?
A real time VAR style method of assessment might lead to the fairer treatment of providers, writes Nythan Smith
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HSJ Local
Regulators refuse to relax scandal trust's control total
NHS Improvement has refused to relax a trust’s financial “control total” despite the local finance director arguing that “mistakes of the past” had resulted in the target being missed.
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CommentThe essentiality of safe space
Safe space within the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is the antidote for toxins created by poor leadership, weak governance, misguided regulation and adversarial processes like complaints and litigation. By Scott Morrish
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HSJ InteractiveInquests and the Gosport Independent Panel Report
Looking at the inquests in the Gosport scandal, several legal issues arose then, which still appear in inquests in the health and social care sector held throughout the country, says Errol Archer
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HSJ LocalChief executive of 'inadequate' trust resigns
The chief executive of a trust with “longstanding” patient safety concerns has resigned.
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NewsMedical apps to face new scrutiny, amid criticism of "fragmentation"
The rapid growth in medical apps will come under stricter regulatory scrutiny amid criticism that the current system is “fragmented”.
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NewsBehan: Ignoring staff concerns could trigger the next Mid Staffs
The next care scandal in the NHS will be caused by a failure to listen to frontline concerns raised by NHS staff, Sir David Behan has warned.