Care Quality Commission (CQC)

NHS will publish avoidable deaths data

The NHS is set to become the first healthcare system in the world to publish data on how many deaths might have been caused by problems in care.…

NHS trusts were warned about WannaCry cyber attack, NAO report finds

At least 34% of NHS trusts in England were disrupted by the WannaCry cyber attack in May 2017 despite critical alerts from NHS Digital two months earlier urging organisations to patch their systems to prevent such an attack, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).…

CQC says pharmacy can help stretched health services

Greater use of community pharmacy would help relieve the pressure on fully stretched health and social care services, care regulator the Care Quality Commission has said.…

MHRA and CQC sign memorandum of understanding

Care Quality Commission and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have signed an entente to cooperate openly and transparently.…

Only 3% of patients with long-term conditions have care plans

Only 3% of primary care patients with long-term conditions have a written care plan in place, according to a report by the charity coalition National Voices.…

Hunt announces proposals for NHS app

Jeremy Hunt announces new NHS smartphone app for patients in England to order repeat prescriptions, access medical records and book GP appointments.…

Online provider has CQC registration restored after failed inspection

A private online health clinic that includes a pharmacy service has had its registration with care quality commissioners restored following a fresh inspection.…

Boots online pharmacy ‘safe and effective’, says CQC

The online pharmacy and primary care service provided by high street pharmacy Boots has been described as providing “safe, effective, caring and responsive and well-led services” in a Care Quality Commission inspection report.…

CQC inspection teams should include pharmacists, according to RPS England

All Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectorates should include a pharmacist with professional and clinical oversight of medicines issues, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in England has said. In addition to the inclusion of pharmacists as part of inspection teams, the Society also sugges…

NHS trusts to be assessed on efficient use of resources

Pharmacy spend will be one focus point in a new system of assessing how well trusts are using their resources.…