Investigations into poor maternity care will be transferred to the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Government has announced. In a written statement, health minister Maria Caulfield said the current maternity
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A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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“Acutely” mentally ill women are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison where some cells were found daubed with scratches and blood stains, a watchdog has warned. Chief inspector
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Staff at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have started voting for industrial action in a dispute over pay. Members of five unions – Unison, the PCS, Prospect, the Royal College
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Staff at an ambulance trust frequently responded to emergencies without enough medicine, inspectors have found. A damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said patients were facing treatment delays
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A new report has found a “wide variation” in the healthcare provided to people in police custody – with concerns raised that this could be leading to officers making decisions
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The mother of a baby who died in hospital just 23 minutes after being born has said she was “failed in the most cruel way” by an NHS Trust which
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A watchdog says a belief among some Home Office staff that migrants are trying to abuse the system is causing “shortcomings” in the care of vulnerable groups in immigration removal
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The death of a one-year-old boy at a nursery is being treated as “suspicious” by police, with six women arrested in connection with the incident. West Midlands Police said a
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Inspectors have criticised the “disappointing underuse” of a prison they held as one which should be seen as a “flagship establishment” of the prison service in Scotland. HMP Castle Huntly
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