All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 55
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HSJ LocalMonitor refuses to investigate tender process despite concerns
COMMERCIAL: Monitor will not investigate the awarding of a £190m mental health contract in Yorkshire, despite saying the commissioner ‘could have done more to mitigate a conflict of interest’.
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HSJ LocalMonitor tells trust to improve amid staff shortage
PERFOMANCE: Monitor has told East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust to improve waiting times in its accident and emergency departments.
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HSJ PartnersBarometer: Another year of change beckons for CCGs
Establish relationships that look at patient need
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NewsCQC to assess whole health systems
The Care Quality Commission is to pilot assessing whole health systems as part of a move towards a more place based approach to regulation.
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NewsExclusive: CQC airs prospect of 'more light touch' regulation
The Care Quality Commission will begin considering whether it should move to ‘more light touch’ regulation later this year, the chief inspector of general practice has told HSJ.
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News'Incoherent' healthcare regulation needs 'radical overhaul'
Healthcare regulation in the UK is ‘incoherent’, ‘expensive’ and requires a ‘radical overhaul’ according to a review by the body which oversees the work of organisations such as the General Medical Council.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Monitor puts leadership condition on Wirral FT's licence
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has taken enforcement action at Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust, following a deterioration in its finances.
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HSJ LocalKing’s Lynn removed from special measures but with Monitor warning
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has taken Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust out of special measures.
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HSJ LocalParamedic struck off over 'offensive' Stafford Hospital Facebook posts
A West Midlands paramedic has been struck off after posting on Facebook that he hoped Julie Bailey, who helped expose poor care at Stafford Hospital, would suffer ‘a life threatening illness’.
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CommentWe need clarity around how competition law will affect new care models
The integration agenda
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NewsMonitor: 'We are not telling trusts to stop hiring clinical staff'
Monitor has insisted it is “not telling trusts to stop recruiting clinical staff” in its letter to them outlining emergency measures to try to reduce their deficits.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate Cambridge trust's finances following IT project problems
PERFORMANCE: Monitor is to investigate Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust following concerns that a problematic implementation of an electronic patient record system has hit its finances.
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NewsCQC sets out brief for whistleblower guardian
The Care Quality Commission has set out proposals for how a ‘national guardian’ for NHS whistleblowers should be established.
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HSJ LocalDevo Manc leaders accept national regulation
REGULATION: Leaders of the Greater Manchester devolution project have accepted that national bodies such as Monitor will still be responsible for regulating NHS services in the region.
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HSJ LocalMonitor could remove directors at financially stricken FT
PERFORMANCE: A London hospital trust that only gained foundation status in February has been threatened with leadership change following an investigation by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Eighth trust to leave special measures regime
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust should come out of special measures.
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HSJ LocalTrust that took over Stafford Hospital ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust ‘requires improvement’.
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HSJ PartnersGetting to grips with Monitor's framework for change
How to navigate the regulatory challenges ahead
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NewsDH starts search for NHS Improvement chief executive
The Department of Health has begun advertising for the chief executive of new combined provider regulation body NHS Improvement.
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NewsNew safety investigation body 'will operate without fear or favour'
A new body to investigate clinical failure and incidents of patient harm in the NHS will “operate without fear or favour”, the government has said.