CQC issues damning report on maternity services in England as minister admits anxiety over ‘risk of disaster’Maternity services in England are so inadequate that cases of women receiving poor care and being harmed in...
Read MoreCQC finds risk he presented to public was ‘not managed well’ before he killed three people in Nottingham last yearA “series of errors and misjudgments” in Valdo Calocane’s mental health care led to...
Read MoreHealth secretary’s comments follow damning findings of interim report into state of English healthcare regulatorThe healthcare regulator is so badly run that patients in England cannot trust the safety ratings it issues...
Read MoreHealth secretary’s comments follow finding that Care Quality Commission struggling to identify performance issues in hospitals and care homesWes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for...
Read MoreExclusive: head of Royal College of Midwives blames ‘institutional racism’ as black women face greater risk of death and stillbirthFamily accuse hospital of ‘negligence and discrimination’ after death of...
Read MoreEnd of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery...
Read MoreWatchdog warns that admin errors, unexplained cancellations and delayed scan reports all contribute to longer waits for patientsPatients with suspected cancer are waiting months for diagnosis because of hidden waiting lists or...
Read MoreNearly 6,000 people were given notices to quit last year, and many of these came after issues were raisedCare home residents urgently need more security to prevent “revenge evictions”, campaigners say, after research...
Read MoreExclusive: Investigation finds huge sums of taxpayers’ money spent on poor quality private homes Taxpayers have spent close to half a billion pounds buying beds in the worst care homes in England in the last four years,...
Read MoreExclusive: ‘Eye-watering’ pay for Gordon Sanders comes despite inspectors finding multiple breaches of rules at his firm’s homesA multimillionaire dementia home boss paid himself at least £21m in five...
Read MoreExclusive: Family of Ann King, 88, hid camera in room at Reigate Grange in Surrey amid concerns about her welfare• ‘Abuse, no other word for it’: nurse analyses footageAn 88-year-old woman with dementia was...
Read MoreVulnerable people left alone in rooms for 24 hours a day and denied showers for a week as number of vacancies grows to 165,000‘They don’t have time to talk’: residents feel impact of care staffing...
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