A hospital has been condemned by health inspectors for putting patients at “unacceptable risk” in its overcrowded A&E department. Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth was so busy that 16 ambulances
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A 14-year-old girl suffered an accidental death contributed to by neglect while under the care of the Priory, an inquest jury has ruled. Amy El-Keria died after tying a scarf
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Hospitals will face more frequent but less detailed on-site inspections under new plans from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The regulator for England will also move to allowing up to
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Ministers must take responsibility for failings at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and the chief executive should be sacked, Labour has said. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) report published at
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A scandal-hit NHS trust where a teenager drowned in the bath is still failing to protect patients from risk of harm, a watchdog has found. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors
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A culture of bullying prevented staff at an NHS trust from speaking out about the fact too many heart surgery patients were dying, a damning report has found. Inspectors from
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is seeking views on its plans for the next five years as it develops its approach to regulation. CQC has changed the way it works
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review into how deaths are investigated by NHS trusts following the report into Southern Health. The independent investigation report by NHS England into
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Patients are being denied proper protection over health and care standards because of a regulator’s failure to recruit sufficient staff and its error-strewn reports, a Commons spending watchdog said. MPs
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Healthcare inspectors spent four times their annual budget on hotels, travel and meals, an investigation has found. Teams from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) spent £4.4 million on travel and
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