Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Nine chief pharmaceutical officer fellowships to be offered to practising pharmacists in 2017

Pharmacists are being given the chance to develop leadership skills and shape national healthcare policy as part of the 2017 chief pharmaceutical officer’s clinical fellowship programme in England.…

Regulator takes action against four online pharmacies over patient safety fears

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has suspended an online company and issued warnings to three others in an effort to toughen up its regulation of services dispensing prescriptions over the internet.…

Online antibiotic prescriptions: face-to-face should not be replaced

Neal Patel, head of corporate communications at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), spoke to The Independent to express the RPS’s concern over online sales of antibiotics. In a recent report, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) advised that some UK-based online prescription se…

How Sarah Billington helps improve medicines use across England

Sarah Billington explains why and how she leads medicines optimisation at the Care Quality Commission.…

Communication during transfer of care of older people

Guidance, strategies and communication tools to support transfer of care of frail older people…

Deprescribing drugs for care home residents could improve quality of life

The use of multiple medicines is still a major problem in British care homes, from the impact on residents to the strain on NHS resources, but ‘deprescribing’ can mitigate these risks.…

Poor medicines management a common issue in NHS services, finds Care Quality Commission

Patient safety is being compromised by poor medicines management in many NHS and adult social care services, according to a report by the Care Quality Commission.…

Blowing the whistle on whistleblowing

Concerns raised about standards of care should be taken seriously, but healthcare workers are still worried about the repercussions of speaking up.…

Pharmacy risks being sidelined as NHS evolves, report warns

Pharmacists risk missing the opportunity to expand their clinical responsibilities within a changing NHS in England because of a failure to reform funding arrangements and a lack of consistent messages about the role the profession can play.…