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The NHS watchdog has been accused of suppressing an internal review that uncovered evidence of its failure to prevent a scandal at a hospital maternity unit. The Care Quality Commission deleted the review of their failure to act on concerns about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, where police are investigating the deaths of at least eight mothers and babies. The trust, which faces at least 30 civil negligence claims, will also be subject to an independent inquiry in public. The Daily Mail also contains an article on how various bosses at Care Quality Commission were involved in covering-up or ignoring reports of poor care.
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Patients are overloading accident and emergency departments because they do not know where else to go for urgent medical help, according to a review of the NHS led by Sir Bruce Keogh. It warns that the current system us ‘unaffordable, unsustainable and consuming NHS resources at a greater rate every year’.
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Patients are being told to kick up a fuss if doctors and nurses fail to comply with eight new “commandments of care” being issued by the Care Quality Commission as part of a radical overhaul of standards. The new minimum standards, which will be displayed in every ward and GP surgery, are being brought in to ensure patients are treated properly. Health bosses will be sacked, hospitals taken over or units shut down if the new charter, which includes patient rights such as “I will be cared for in a clean environment”, are consistently breached, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will announce today.
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BBC News Online has published an analysis piece by Health Correspondent Nick Triggle about the difficulties the NHS faces when trying to move complex services to fewer, specialised centres. The article refers to the recent news that a programme to reduce the number of hospitals providing children’s heart surgery to improve the level of care has been suspended. It goes on to talk about the confusion caused by complaints that hospitals are too busy while the argument is made that some services should close.
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The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, yesterday announced the suspension of plans to close three children’s heart surgery units after the Independent Review Panel (IRP) criticised the ‘flawed analysis’ leading to the original decision. However, the IRP did recommend that the principle behind the closures, that care should be concentrated in fewer and bigger centres, was correct and the plans should go ahead. Mr Hunt has given NHS England until the end of July to consider how to proceed. The proposed closure of three units has been protested by local campaigners who claim the consultation process was flawed. However, health campaigners have expressed concern that delays in implementing the move towards more concentrated services will put lives at risk.
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