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As expected, only a small number of practices which have been inspected have had a ‘Requires Improvement’ or ‘Inadequate’ rating. Whilst some of the reasons for these ratings may be…

Freedom of speech We all know about the recent junior doctors’ protests and I’m not going to discuss it in this blog, but it has highlighted the issue about speaking…

An Outstanding Service The healthcare of vulnerable people is one of the CQC’s areas of concerns. A survey by Homeless Link survey showed 90% of homeless people are registered with…

Communication – On the day of the inspection At a conference last week I was fortunate to listen to a presentation from a couple of CQC inspectors who had come…

Almost a third of recent inspections ‘Requires improvement’ I’ve been looking at some recent CQC reports and it seems that the CQC inspection teams aren’t pulling any punches when it…

In one of my blogs back in June I discussed practices submitting their annual complaints data return for complaints received in the previous year. We’re now already halfway through this…

The House of Commons health committee recently launched an inquiry into primary care which includes scrutiny of GP pay and workload. The inquiry, which launched at the end of July,…

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has today announced that all NHS organisations will have to declare all gifts and hospitality staff receive from drug companies or face unlimited prosecution, and…