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Tag Archives: CQC Hospital Inspections
Findings of the CQC’s Comprehensive Hospital Inspections Programme (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s “State of care in NHS acute hospitals: 2014 to 2016” report presents findings from the first round of acute and specialist hospital trust inspections. Analysis shows variations in the quality of care between hospitals, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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CQC’s Strategy for 2016 to 2021 (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month published their strategy, for the years 2016 to 2021, to ensure that more people receive higher quality care. This strategy aims to offer a “targeted, responsive and collaborative” approach to regulation, with … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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The Financial and Human Costs of Mistakes (BBC News / Frontier Economics / CQC / NHS England / NHS IQ / BMJ Quality and Safety / Department of Health / BMC Family Practice)
Summary The NHS in England is being urged to reduce mistakes by half, as mistakes in hospitals cost the NHS around £2.5bn per year. Four aspects of poor patient safety include falls, bed ulcers, urinary infections caused by poorly fitted … Continue reading
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Measures of Hospital Mortality Rates and Standards of Care (BBC News / BBC Radio 4’s “File on 4”)
Summary A leading health academic, Professor Nick Black, has been asked by NHS England to review whether the two main measures of mortality – the hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) and the summary hospital-level mortality index (SHMI) – are meaningful … Continue reading
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Monitoring the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS): Annual Report (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s fourth report into how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards have been applied – during 2012/13 – mentions concern that the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is not understood or implemented consistently across health and social … Continue reading
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