All trusts rated by 2015
All NHS trusts will have an ‘Ofsted-style’ rating by the end of 2015 under new hospital inspection plans announced by the Care Quality Commission.
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CQC consults on ‘Ofsted-style’ regime
The Care Quality Commission has launched a public consultation on proposals to change its inspection regime and introduce ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings for trusts and hospitals.
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NHS managers reject Ofsted ratings
NHS managers have rejected the idea of ‘Ofsted-style ratings’ for hospitals – one of the government’s big planned responses to the Francis Inquiry into the scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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Francis response includes Ofsted-ratings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that an ‘Ofsted style’ system of summary ratings for hospitals and care homes will form part of the government’s response to the Francis report.
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Hunt’s Ofsted plan marked down
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt should think carefully before re-introducing ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings into the NHS, the Nuffield Trust has concluded.
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Nuffield Trust warns against ‘big stick’
The government should avoid the temptation to over-regulate the health service or to take a ‘big stick’ approach to getting trusts to improve, the Nuffield Trust has said.
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