All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 73
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NewsInquiry chair says evidence summaries will emerge
Summaries of evidence from witnesses who appear at the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be made public, the inquiry chair has said.
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NewsCQC may 'outsource' market oversight analysis
The Care Quality Commission has said it currently lacks the skills to deliver a new duty of “market oversight” of the adult social care sector.
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HSJ KnowledgeCQC regulation is being transformed in 2014
Analysis of the five key changes in the new regime
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HSJ Local
Monitor takes action against North West trust
Monitor has taken regulatory action against Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust
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NewsExclusive: Monitor interventions double in response to Francis
The number of regulatory actions taken by Monitor against foundation trusts so far in 2013-14 is already more than double the level of the whole of last year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsKirkup indicates secrecy on Morecambe Bay probe
The chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has indicated no witness evidence will be released until his final report is published.
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NewsBennett defends increased monitoring
David Bennett has admitted Monitor is intervening more regularly at foundation trusts than in the past, due to a “a declined appetite for risk”.
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NewsMPs: CQC is 'being turned around'
The Care Quality Commission has gained a “renewed sense of purpose”, according to a Commons health committee report.
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NewsDr Foster founder joins CQC
The Care Quality Commission has appointed one of the founders of health informatics firm Dr Foster Intelligence to advise on how the regulator uses data to monitor health and social care providers.
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NewsMinister calls for OFT's merger role to be 'scrapped'
Care services minister Norman Lamb has said he wants the Office of Fair Trading’s role in competition in the NHS to be “scrapped”, and expressed concern over the costs and delays caused by the regulator’s intervention in an attempted foundation trust merger.
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SupplementsSpecial report: Procurement regulation is a bone of contention
Section 75 has created waves in the last year
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CommentMore accountability and regulation could punish the system
Accountability could have a negative impact on care workers
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NewsFT boards to be independently reviewed every three years
Monitor has detailed how it expects foundation trusts to arrange external reviews of their board’s effectiveness every three years.
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NewsExclusive: Conservative peer appointed Monitor's interim chair
The government has appointed Conservative peer and former minister Baroness Hanham as the interim chair of health sector regulator Monitor.
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News'Weaknesses' in decisions to drop cases against doctors
Weaknesses have been found in the General Medical Council’s handling of one in five of the fitness to practise cases that it closed early without doctors facing a disciplinary panel, HSJ can reveal.
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Monitor kicks off independent provider licencing process
Monitor is now accepting applications for licences from the independent sector, the regulator has announced.
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NewsCQC unveils community services inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has outlined its new approach for inspecting community health services.