Tag Archives: Care Quality Commission

Hospital inspections: lessons to be learnt

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Barbara Arzymanow

The programme of independent hospital inspections carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) was made tougher in September 2013. During the first year to the end of August 2014 under the new arrangements 38 NHS acute trusts (each comprising … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Hunt: full marks for TLC but could do better on consistency

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Julia Manning

Listening to Jeremy Hunt’s speech today it is clear that he is not trying to undertake a fast-track PhD in the structures of NHS but staying firmly on the ground of patient advocacy and promoting a culture of compassionate care. … Continue reading →

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Nursing in an ageing society

Posted on February 20, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

20th February 2013, by Margit Physant, Policy Adviser – Health and Wellbeing, Age UK. First published in “Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing” The ageing population has implications for healthcare, and for nursing in particular. There are now more … Continue reading →

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Notes on a scandal – how the Staffordshire public rose up to seek for justice

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Julia Manning

In September 2007, Mrs Bella Bailey was admitted to Mid-Staffordshire NHS Hospital Trust. She was ill, but not dying. After the first few days her family were so shocked at her treatment and the neglect of other in-patients they started … Continue reading →

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We HAVE to raise the status of caring for the elderly

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Julia Manning

I’ve just been watching the moving ceremony of remembrance and the wonderful Chelsea Pensioners singing about their brothers that they will never forget. Their pride and dignity shone through. Death and taxes, along with NHS change, are the three certainties … Continue reading →

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