All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 83
-
SupplementsSpecial report: Procurement regulation is a bone of contention
Section 75 has created waves in the last year
-
CommentMore accountability and regulation could punish the system
Accountability could have a negative impact on care workers
-
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.
-
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.
-
-
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.
-
News
Monitor kicks off independent provider licencing process
Monitor is now accepting applications for licences from the independent sector, the regulator has announced.
-
NewsCQC unveils community services inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission has outlined its new approach for inspecting community health services.
-
CommentCameras can be the secret weapon to stop care scandals
We need a debate about how to protect vulnerable people
-
NewsCQC launches dementia services review
The Care Quality Commission is to undertake unannounced inspections of 150 care homes and hospitals to review the care of people with dementia in England.
-
CommentFailure regime is no guarantee of success
The regime has so far been difficult to use and unfit for purpose
-
NewsJudge acts to stop Mid Staffs nurse leaving NMC register
A High Court judge has granted a last minute injunction to stop former Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust chief nurse Jan Harry from leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
-
CommentWhat schools teach trusts about 'special measures'
The new CQC regime is a chance for hospitals to recover
-
NewsExclusive: GMC and NMC handling of Mid Staffs cases reviewed
The Professional Standards Authority is to review the Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council’s handling of alleged misconduct cases relating to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust staff, HSJ has discovered.
-
NewsFive thousand deferrals in GMC skills check
Thousands of doctors did not immediately pass a new set of skills checks during the first year of assessments, figures show.
-
NewsMedical director 'falls on sword' after inspection
At least one medical director has already “fallen on their sword” following a visit from one of the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection teams, the chief inspector of hospitals has said.
-
NewsManagers to face 'direct consequences' for failure
Senior NHS managers including chief executives could have their contracts linked to their organisation’s performance in the new Care Quality Commission ratings.
-
NewsInspectors will listen to historical whistleblowers says CQC
Care Quality Commission inspection teams will be able to consider all whistleblowers’ contributions, no matter when their complaint dates from, the regulator has said.
-
HSJ KnowledgeWhen an inspector calls: CQC hospital inspection programme under way
Mike Richards has started his new hospital inspections regime
-
HSJ Local
Colchester Foundation Trust put in special measures
PERFORMANCE: An Essex hospital trust at the centre of a police investigation over allegations that staff were forced to change cancer waiting times data has been placed in special measures.