A key hallmark of improving NHS trust performance is for the senior management to review the culture of the organisation This is the conclusion of a CQC...
Posts Tagged ‘CQC’
Engaging and empowering NHS staff is key to driving improvement in hospital care
By Mike Broad - June 14th, 2017
North Lincolnshire Trust placed back in special measures following CQC inspection
By Mike Broad - April 6th, 2017
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust has been put back into special measures to improve patient services. The struggling hospital trust was one of ...
Care Quality Commission warns online doctor services may pose risk to public
The Guardian - March 3rd, 2017
Patients could be at risk from online companies offering doctors’ services, the Care Quality Commission has said. The warning comes after investigator...
Patients at risk in outdated acute care model, CQC chief inspector says
The Guardian - March 2nd, 2017
Campaigners say inspectors’ report highlights impact of cuts to urgent and emergency services with demand putting patients at risk The health service ...
New framework needed so NHS trusts can learn from patient deaths, CQC says
By Mike Broad - December 13th, 2016
The NHS is missing opportunities to learn from patient deaths and too many families are not being included or listened to when an investigation happens. ...
NHS whistleblowers ‘gagged and blacklisted’, says petition group
The Guardian - December 6th, 2016
NHS whistleblowers face being “fired, gagged and blacklisted” while disclosures go uninvestigated owing to the healthcare regulator’s lack of powers ...
London’s St George’s hospital trust in special measures by the CQC
By Mike Broad - November 1st, 2016
The trust responsible for one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals will be placed in special measures after it was rated inadequate. St George's Unive...
CQC proposes to hike inspection fees for GP and acute providers
By Mike Broad - October 20th, 2016
The CQC is set to hike inspection fees by nearly 50% for NHS trusts next year. The health and care regulator’s consultation document, published today,...
Key reaction to the CQC’s view that social care is on the edge of collapse
By Mike Broad - October 13th, 2016
Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund “It has been clear for some time that cuts in budgets and rising demand for services have left the adu...
