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24 October 2013

CQC releases trust risk ratings

The Care Quality Commission has used a new intelligent monitoring tool to identify the next 19 acute trusts for inspection.
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3 September 2013

RCP pilots ‘Hospital Health Check’

The Royal College of Physicians wants to develop a ‘Hospital Health Check’ model of aggregating available data on trusts.
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6 August 2013

Berwick adds to calls for transparency

An influential US safety expert, called in to advise the government on creating a ‘zero harm’ NHS in the wake
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18 July 2013

All trusts rated by 2015

All NHS trusts will have an ‘Ofsted-style’ rating by the end of 2015 under new hospital inspection plans announced by
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26 June 2013

Power to the people

Paul Hodgkin, a GP and chief executive of Patient Opinion, says that if the NHS really wants to regain compassion
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17 June 2013

CQC consults on ‘Ofsted-style’ regime

The Care Quality Commission has launched a public consultation on proposals to change its inspection regime and introduce ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings
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22 March 2013

Hunt’s Ofsted plan marked down

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt should think carefully before re-introducing ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings into the NHS, the Nuffield Trust has concluded.
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15 March 2013

Nuffield Trust warns against ‘big stick’

The government should avoid the temptation to over-regulate the health service or to take a ‘big stick’ approach to getting
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1 October 2012

CQC inspection powers questioned

Dr Mary Hawking has raised concerns about the inspection powers of the Care Quality Commission regarding access to individual patient
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17 August 2012

CQC confirms QinetiQ info sifting deal

The Care Quality Commission is introducing intelligent data mining software to monitor the performance of health and social care providers.
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