NHS under “the biggest cash squeeze in its history” says Labour MP
Three patients in need of treatment in intensive care are ‘harmed’ after there were no beds available when they were … Read more
CQC
CQC – Signs of improvement but concerns remain about the safety and quality of independent ambulance services
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is calling on independent ambulance services, commissioners and the wider system to do more to … Read more
CQC chief to chair trust with integrated GPs
The chief inspector of general practice at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed to chair a trust which runs … Read more
Staff raise concerns over ‘inadequate’ children’s services
Following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission, children’s and young people’s services at a major acute trust have … Read more
NHS pressures causing avoidable harm to 500 patients a year – report
Patients in England are being harmed because doctors and nurses are too busy to enforce directives designed to improve safety, … Read more
NHS watchdog warns good healthcare is becoming more of a postcode lottery
Full story in The Guardian, 11 October 2018 Patients in England are increasingly being subjected to “care injustice” in which … Read more
CQC: ‘No coherent strategy’ for city’s health services
Full story in The HSJ, 11 May 2018 Health and care leaders in Birmingham lack a coherent strategy for the … Read more
Inspectors warn Birmingham’s mental health services for children and young people need ‘urgent improvements’
Full story in the Birmingham Mail, 27 February 2018 Children, teenagers and young adults with mental health problems in Birmingham … Read more
Regulator criticises ‘passive and unwieldy’ STP
Full story in The HSJ, 8 February 2018 A sustainability and transformation partnership had “not begun to function effectively” when … Read more
NHS patients going blind and missing cancer treatments due to hospital failings, report finds
Patients in Cornwall died after waiting too long for heart treatment, while others were left to go blind, according to a damning … Read more