All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 56
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NewsExclusive: PHSO refuses to investigate baby death at heart of ‘regulatory gap’ claims
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has refused to investigate the death of a baby at the centre of claims of a ‘regulatory gap’ between national bodies preventing them looking into historic complaints.
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NewsDurkin: IPSIS will give patients ‘effective answers’
The new independent body to look into clinical incidents in the NHS will improve the quality of investigations and provide families with ‘effective answers’, NHS England patient safety director Dr Mike Durkin has said.
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NewsNHS staff to face new sanctions under ‘Sunshine rule’
NHS staff who fail to disclose payments and hospitality received from drug suppliers and medical device makers will be sanctioned under new regulation, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsCare UK claims commissioners broke competition rules
Private provider Care UK has accused NHS commissioners in north east London of breaking rules around price competition.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire ambulance trust must improve, says CQC
Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has been told to improve following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to review care for newborns following baby’s death
A national review of the quality of care for seriously ill children is being launched by the Care Quality Commission following the death of a baby more than a decade ago.
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NewsQuarter of FTs face regulatory intervention
Nearly a quarter of all foundation trusts are in breach of their licence, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsTrial date set for trust facing corporate manslaughter charge
The first NHS trust to be charged with corporate manslaughter following the death of a patient will stand trial in January.
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Exclusive: Hunt's GP 'scorecard' plan could be dropped
The government may not introduce a ‘scorecard’ for GP practice performance, as Jeremy Hunt has previously proposed, HSJ has been told.
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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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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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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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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’.