The NHS Ombudsman has found that only 1 in 4 internal hospital investigations into avoidable injury or death manage to address serious failings in care. Dame Julie Mellor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, has demanded immediate action by hospitals to address the void in transparency by those conducting the internal investigations. It has left those …
An ambitious five-year contract worth £800m to provide older peoples services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has collapsed eight months after being set up at a cost of £1m to the CCG. The rationale for the collapse was that the contract was not ‘financially sustainable’. The contract included a clause whereby the company would have to …
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CQC has found that the Morecambe Bay NHS Trust is no longer inadequate across its services. Consequently it has recommended, within its recently published Inspection Report, that the Trust be removed from the Special Measure regime. The Trust was placed in special measures in July 2013 following concerns over safety and management of its services. …
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NICE has recently published a guideline on the transfer of individuals between hospitals and home. This forms essential reading for healthcare workers and it should be noted that CQC uses NICE guidelines to inform the inspection process. The guideline makes several recommendations regarding care plan development prior, during and after admission. It states that healthcare …
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Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, has published his fourth annual report on the state of the education sector in England. Primary school standards continue to rise with 85% of schools being rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ a rise of 3% from the previous year. There is an increasing gap between the performance of secondary and …
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In recent months Ridouts have seen an increase in irrational behaviour and errors in judgement by CQC staff. The recent and anxious recruitment drive by CQC to increase the numbers of inspectors may be responsible for the apparent decline in the quality of inspection reports and lack of informed approach to inspections. Notable misdemeanours include …
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