“Hostility” between surgeons at a beleaguered hospital trust led to them needing to take part in mediation to try and resolve their issues, a new report states. Health inspectors have
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A hospital trust at the centre of a maternity care scandal has been criticised by health inspectors in a new report. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated services at Shrewsbury
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The capacity of childcare services in Scotland has decreased, prompting renewed fears the Scottish Government will not be able to meet its pledge to expand free nursery provision. It has
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A mental health trust has been rated inadequate for a third time, with records of patients harming themselves while waiting to be seen. Health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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Police have been left to pick up the pieces amid a national crisis in mental health care, a watchdog report has warned. Stretched forces are responding to tens of thousands
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Play fighting involving staff as well as inmates is “widespread” at a youth jail, an inspection found. The issue was referenced in a report on Rainsbrook secure training centre near
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Ministers could bring in a commissioner to oversee children’s services at cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council after an Ofsted report found “serious concerns” about the department. Inspectors said children referred to
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Health and social care services in Clackmannanshire and Stirling are performing well at present but need to work together more effectively as partners to meet the needs of people in
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A hospital trust has been placed into special measures after it emerged that more than 100 cases of alleged poor care are to be reviewed. NHS Improvement confirmed on Thursday
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South East Coast Ambulance Service is to remain in special measures despite showing improvements in care, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). A team of inspectors
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