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What is the Care Quality Commission (CQC)?
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.- Posted
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Content ArticleAs the professional regulator of nurses and midwives in the UK, and nursing associates in England, the Nursing and Midwifery Council work to ensure these professionals have the knowledge and skills to deliver consistent, quality care that keeps people safe.
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Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Recommended books and literature
The troubles of Indian pharma companies abroad raise questions about the domestic drug regulator. Although Bottle of Lies, a book about the quality problems plaguing generic drugs, focuses on medicines intended for American consumers, the real and continuing victims of the failings described in the book are consumers in developing countries, including Indians. In May 2013, soon after the erstwhile Ranbaxy Laboratories admitted in an American court to selling adulterated drugs, journalist Katherine Eban published a gripping 10,000-word account of the saga in Fortune magazine. But the story left Eban wondering if Ranbaxy was an isolated case. Could there be more rotten eggs, she asked, given the United States Food & Drugs Administration’s (FDA) lax policing of overseas manufacturers? Bottle of Lies is the result of the multi-year investigation that followed.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care. Recognised globally as an authority in its field, the agency plays a leading role in protecting and improving public health and supports innovation through scientific research and development. The agency has 3 centres: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a data research service that aims to improve public health by using anonymised NHS clinical data the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), a global leader in the standardisation and control of biological medicines the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK’s regulator of medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion, responsible for ensuring their safety, quality and effectiveness.
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Standards for the Dental Team (September 2013)
Claire Cox posted an article in General Dental Council (GDC)
Standards for the Dental Team sets out the standards of conduct, performance and ethics that govern you as a dental professional.- Posted
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Content ArticleEngaging with general practices during inspections gives valuable insight into their experiences. Feedback shows that although inspection reports highlight the areas of concern and risk that need to improve, practices want to know more about how to actually improve from a rating of 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate'. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) selected 10 practices throughout the country that had each made significant improvements from their initial inspection to their most recent, and whose overall rating had improved. These 10 case studies highlight some clear actions that other practices can use to help them learn and improve.
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Content ArticleTogether with 28 organisations from across the dental sector, the General Dental Council (GDC) has developed a set of universal principles for handling complaints about dental professionals. The six core principles provide a simple template for best practice, helping professionals and patients to get the most from feedback and complaints, for the benefit of all.
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Content ArticleThe Care Quality Commission (CGC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They make sure that health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve. Independent acute hospitals play an important role in delivering healthcare services in England, providing a range of services, including surgery, diagnostics and medical care. As the independent regulator, the CQC, hold all providers of healthcare to the same standards, regardless of how they are funded.
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Content ArticleJunior doctors can find the process of doing an audit helpful in gaining an understanding of the healthcare process—Andrea Benjamin, BMJ's clinical editor, explains how to do one.
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Content ArticleA Quality Account is an annual report which providers of NHS healthcare services must publish about the quality of services they provide. This quality account covers the services provided by Virgin Care. Virgin Care delivers services on behalf of NHS Dartford, Gravesham & Swanley, and Swale Clinical Commissioning Groups in North Kent, and is one of a number of providers of health and care services locally.
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Content ArticleThis toolkit supports the implementation of the Structured Judgement Review (SJR) process to effectively review the care received by patients who have died. This will allow learning and support the development of quality improvement initiatives when problems in care are identified. This toolkit also provides information and links to resources on change management and quality improvement methodologies.
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Clinical Service Accreditation (CSA) introductory video
Claire Cox posted an article in Services
A video introducing Clinical Service Accreditation (CSA), how it can improve clinical care, how your hospital can become involved, and the resources, support and guidance available through the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). Presented by HQIP CSA Clinical Lead, Roland Valori.- Posted
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Content ArticleNational safety standards for invasive procedures (NatSSIPs), published by NHS England in 2015, recommend the creation and implementation of local safety standards for all invasive procedures. This includes procedures undertaken outside a hospital environment, such as surgical procedures undertaken by dentists. In order to implement a local safety standard for invasive procedures (LocSSIP) for oral surgery procedures at a large London teaching hospital, a clean sheet redesign of our service was carried out based on a bottom up model of transformation, using a 'diagnose, design and implement' strategy. In an article published in the British Dental Journal, three lead consultants in oral surgery based at Kings College, London, discuss creating local safety standards for invasive procedures.
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Content ArticlePublished by NHS England Patient Safety Domain and the National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures Group to help NHS organisations provide safer care and to reduce the number of patient safety incidents related to invasive procedures in which surgical Never Events can occur. The NatSSIPs cover all invasive procedures including those performed outside of the operating department.
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Standards for pharmacy professionals - General Pharmaceutical Council
Claire Cox posted an article in Others
The General Pharmaceutical Council regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and registered pharmacies in Great Britain.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe Nursing and Midwifery Council exists to protect the public. They do this by making sure that only those who meet the requirements are allowed to practise as a nurse or midwife in the UK, or a nursing associate in England. They take action if concerns are raised about whether a nurse, midwife or nursing associate is fit to practise.
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SMILE - Patient information
Claire Cox posted an article in General Dental Council (GDC)
This leaflet, produced by the General Dental Council, explains: the role of the General Dental Council knowing what to expect at your visit what to do if you are unhappy with your experience.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis Risk Management Strategy, written by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, outlines the responsibilities for overseeing risk management activities across the Trust, ensuring that these meet the Trust’s requirements and national standards.
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Patient Safety/Quality Assurance Report - NHS Rotherham CCG 2018
Claire Cox posted an article in Health
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Content ArticleSince the Government initially consulted on the package of Death Certification Reforms, new information about how Medical Examiner (ME) system could be introduced has been generated by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), ME pilot sites, early adopters of the ME system, as well as from the Learning from Deaths initiative. This case study outlines the approach of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as one of the early adopter sites.
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Content ArticleThe Public Involvement in Research Standards produced here aim to provide people with clear, concise benchmarks for effective public involvement alongside indicators against which improvement can be monitored. They are intended to encourage approaches and behaviours which will support this: flexibility; partnership and collaboration; a learning culture; the sharing of good practice; effective communications. The standards are the work of a Public Involvement Standards Development Partnership which brings together representatives including public contributors from the Chief Scientist Office (Scotland), Health and Care Research Wales, the Public Health Agency (Northern Ireland) and the National Institute for Health Research (England).
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Content ArticleThe Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) standards for healthcare teams provides evidence-based guidance on what FMLM expects of healthcare teams focused around four key domains: culture vision and strategy management and people relationships.
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Content ArticleThis short guide, by the General Medical Council, provides patients with an overview of what they should be able to expect from the doctors providing their care. It is important that patients have clear expectations about the responsibilities and duties of doctors, particularly with regard to patient safety. This web-based resource offers a short, simply written and easily accessible overview that patients can be provided with, outlining the role of doctors in ensuring patient safety. This includes highlighting the importance of patients speaking up if they they safety is being compromised, the responsibility of doctors to report safety incidents, and the role of annual appraisals and peer review in monitoring safety.
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Content ArticleIt is important for the whole of the multidisciplinary team to have guidelines and standards, and that is the reason for the collaborative Core Standards for Pain Management Services in the UK (CSPMS UK). Representatives of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, the British Pain Society, the Royal College of Nurses, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the College of Occupational Therapists, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the British Psychological Society and patient representatives have jointly been the authors of this document.
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