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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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7 June 2013

Nicholson wants big conversation on NHS

NHS England is to lead on the creation of a strategy for the health service that will try to build
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4 June 2013

Joe’s view of feedback

Joe McDonald is disappointed that the latest inquiry into the Mid Staffs scandal failed to tackle the regulatory regime. Now,
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3 June 2013

NHS managers reject Ofsted ratings

NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to
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26 March 2013

Francis response includes Ofsted-ratings

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that an ‘Ofsted style’ system of summary ratings for hospitals and care homes will
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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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16 March 2013

Govt plans law to stop “fiddled” figures

The government is thinking of holding trusts criminally liable for manipulating figures on waiting times and death rates as part
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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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13 March 2013

Code red

Since the Francis report came out, the newspapers have been full of stories of more hospitals “fiddling” their mortality figures.
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