All Regulation/inspection articles – Page 95
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NewsMedicine no longer an "old boys club"
An increase in the number of doctors referred to the General Medical Council by their medical colleagues shows the profession is moving away from being “an old boys’ club”, new research has suggested.
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NewsCQC says it faces 'unsustainable' expectations
Expectations about what the Care Quality Commission can achieve may be “unrealistic and unsustainable”, an internal review has found.
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NewsCritical care is risking lives, say surgeons
Thousands of patients who need emergency surgery are having their lives put at risk by poor NHS care and delays in accessing treatment, according to a damning report.
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NewsExclusive: data security regulation 'should not increase'
The Health Bill is likely to be amended to clarify responsibility for data security, the chair of the national information governance board has told HSJ.
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NewsMonitor could suspend competition to encourage integration models
Monitor’s chief executive has set out a range of measures the future regulator will consider as it works to reconcile competition and service integration.
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NewsCQC sets out tougher inspections approach
The Care Quality Commission has set out in full its plans to carry out far more rigorous hospital inspections.
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NewsTighter regulation called for as struck off nurses 'return to hospitals'
A growing number of unregulated healthcare assistants in British hospital could bring about a “national disaster”, the leader of a nursing regulator has warned.
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NewsDH still learning "whether we got it right" with CQC
The permanent secretary to the Department of Health has admitted the regulatory system failed patients and relatives at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: GPs 'anxious' about conflicts of interest in commissioning, says doctors regulator
GP commissioners should tell a patient if budgets or referral policies mean he or she cannot access healthcare, and also raise the issue with their commissioning group, the doctors regulator has said.
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NewsOverseas GPs require UK induction before treating patients - GMC
Newly-qualified and foreign doctors need to go on a basic induction course before they start working in the UK amid fears they may be underprepared to start treating patients, a regulator has said.
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NewsRegulator found safety concerns at half of hospitals and care homes
The Care Quality Commission had concerns about safety and care at half of NHS hospitals and care homes providing nursing last year, reveals its latest report on the state of health and social services in England.
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NewsFlory blames HCC for delay in action over Mid Staffs
The deputy chief executive of the NHS has admitted the Department of Health should have acted sooner over failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, but blamed the Healthcare Commission for not warning them of the seriousness.
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Comment'We need to hear the whistles loud and clear'
Some simple steps would ensure that whistleblowers’ claims do not get ‘lost’ in the system and allow transparency to strengthen the mistrusted whistleblowing process, suggests Dr Phil Hammond.
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CommentMaking improvements in medical error: lessons from the aviation industry
Despite the constant advances in medical science, all health systems have struggled to ensure medical safety. On average 10 per cent of admissions involve medical injury. How can this ratio be dramtically cut down?
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NewsRebecca Leighton returned to nursing register but with restrictions
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued Stepping Hill nurse Rebecca Leighton with an interim order allowing her to work as a nurse but restricting her practice while it carries out a full investigation into the theft of drugs.
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NewsSenior civil servant denies using 'clever tactics' to push through FTs
A civil servant responsible for the foundation trust pipeline has denied he was under political pressure from Number 10 to push through unsuitable trusts but admitted he was trying to get trusts to Monitor “as soon as possible”.
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HSJ Local
Monitor 'red risks' Morecambe Bay trust over maternity concerns
PERFORMANCE: A health trust whose maternity unit is at the centre of a police investigation has been issued a warning by Monitor, days after being rapped by the CQC for failing essential safety standards.
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NewsCQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.
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NewsBradshaw denies government pressured DH to approve FT applications
Former health minister Ben Bradshaw has denied Number 10 was putting pressure on the Department of Health to grant foundation trust status to unsustainable trusts at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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LeaderWhy caution on hospital failure still has its price
This week the government looked into the abyss of hospital failure and shuffled nervously back from the edge of the precipice.