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Care home staff vacancy rate almost doubled since April, says regulator

More than one in 10 care home staff positions in England were unfilled at the end of 2021, figures suggest. The staff vacancy rate “continued to steadily increase” throughout last year to reach 11.5% at the end of December, the Care Quality ...

19 Jan 2022 at 18:26

Human rights of people in care at risk due to slow progress on visiting – report

The human rights of people in care are at risk of being breached by slow progress on enabling visits and the inappropriate use of resuscitation notices, a report has warned. Restrictions introduced during the pandemic are still keeping ...

22 Jul 2022 at 13:52

Labour pledges to build National Care Service enforcing high standards in homes

Labour has pledged to recruit care workers by guaranteeing fair pay, workers’ rights and appropriate training under a National Care Service as it claimed “too many private equity firms are failing” in their duties to residents. The ...

24 Sept 2022 at 08:00

Hospital rated ‘inadequate’ two years after vulnerable patient’s death

A hospital has been rated “inadequate” nearly two years after the death of a vulnerable patient – prompting calls from his family for it to be shut down “before anyone else is hurt”. The Priory Hospital Woodbourne, in Birmingham, ...

22 Sept 2022 at 16:54

Consultation launched to strengthen rules allowing care home and hospital visits

Care home residents and hospital patients will be able to have visitors in all circumstances under plans for new regulations aimed at stopping access to loved ones being unfairly denied. New legislation proposed by the ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:42

Abortion service bosses ‘out of touch’ with frontline staff

Bosses at the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) have been told to offer staff more support and better manage risks after a leadership review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). BPAS provides abortion care on ...

01 Jun 2023 at 13:36

NHS and care regulator needs ‘rapid turnaround’, report finds

There is an “urgent need for a rapid turnaround” of England’s health watchdog owing to “significant failings” in how it works, according to a damning review. The final report of senior NHS leader Dr Penny Dash into ...

15 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Nottingham attacks could and should have been prevented, Streeting says

Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates “might still be alive” today if “the NHS had been there when it should have been”, according to the Health Secretary. Wes Streeting said their deaths at the ...

13 Aug 2024 at 13:47

Watchdog considering criminal prosecution after girl, 13, died in hospital

A healthcare watchdog is considering a criminal prosecution after a coroner ruled that neglect by hospital staff contributed to the death of a teenage girl. Chloe Longster, 13, died from sepsis and pneumonia ...

25 Oct 2024 at 14:28

Residents at care home where three people died ‘felt safe’, according to report

Family members and residents of a care home where three people died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning previously told inspectors that the staff were “very safety conscious”, according to reports by the ...

25 Oct 2024 at 13:11

Major hospital trust’s rating drops from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’

One of the country’s leading NHS trusts has been downgraded from “outstanding” to “requires improvement” following a series of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections. Some staff at Newcastle upon Tyne ...

24 Jan 2024 at 00:01

CQC inspectors not told of concerns over deaths at Letby hospital, inquiry hears

Inspectors from a healthcare watchdog were not told of concerns about unexplained and unexpected deaths at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit, a public inquiry has heard. A team from the ...

14 Nov 2024 at 16:26

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