5 hours ago By Matt Precey, BBC News, Bedfordshire Getty Maternity services at the Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ Maternity staff at an NHS trust faced racism from their own colleagues, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said. The problem was identified at both the Luton and Dunstable (L&D) and Bedford hospitals during … Read more
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s CQC rating is downgraded to “requires improvement”. Source link
Inspectors find there were 30 “red flags” raised at an NHS hospital serving Norfolk and Suffolk. Source link
Ms Gittos, whose baby Harriet was born at the East Kent trust’s Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) in 2014 and died eight days later, said: “When my daughter Harriet was born, the then head of midwifery was so concerned about safety that she thought that the William Harvey in particular should be closed … Read more
Sarah Dransfield, CQC’s deputy director of operations in the north, said: “When we inspected NEAS NHS Foundation Trust we found a deterioration in the services being provided, especially in urgent and emergency care where this had potential for people to be placed at risk of harm. Source link
An NHS mental health trust that has been the worst performing in England fails another inspection. Source link
A doctor alleges his role as a special adviser to England’s healthcare regulator was ended unfairly. Source link
Physical restraint is part of the culture in some specialist hospitals, a care regulator finds. Source link